Avery sputters and wipes his face before looking at Zack.

"Thanks," he mutters, allowing the man to babble as he would. Honestly, suggesting that the paintbrush would get mad. It was an inanimate object!

...then again...

"Alright, let's see if grabbing it makes it a little less angry," he says, sounding just a little sarcastic. All the same, he grabs the paintbrush, and he exclaims in shock when the paintbrush calms down and rests in his hand without protest. "What?"