"Well, I have a bit of an ear thing, and I was always kinda ticklish..."

He looks around, with a slightly irritated frown.

"But since even your Mr Benn-like charms might not be enough for either of those to be very helpful in this situation, I'm gonna say no. If he's actually my mirror verse self, there's not gonna be a lot of people here who can deal with him, so, uh, I suggest praying that he isn't."