[Jasper realizes perhaps a bit belatedly that his behavior probably could get him in trouble for insubordination... and he should probably relax a bit from the fact that Hendrik hasn’t tried to pull rank on him yet. Granted, even at Jasper’s most... cynical, he supposed, he found it a bit hard to imagine him pulling rank on anyone.

...

He wondered... how honest he should be. He probably had to come up with some sort of explanation now, but...]

I have been entrusted with her for the time being, and...

[...hang on, maybe if he rocks her a little bit? That should probably help, right...?]

...I do not wish to deal with any more trouble than necessary. That is all.

[...well, she sounds a little less upset by baby standards?? He thinks?? But she’s still a little noisy...

...

It’s probably bad to use Snooze on babies, right.]