"...for fun? Maybe get some smiles? Even...get a reaction, at all? It can't be healthy to be stone-faced all the time, it might freeze that way."

Jake is certainly not hiding something behind his back, and definitely not going to casually slip one at Elidibus as he passes by. No sir. He's too well-behaved for that.

Mostly. Jake's let loose when his captain's not around to rein him in. Sorry...now let him try to get away before the murder.