[Dirk gently picks up Wiz 0.1 and moves him over to Dave. Here, take the little droid. Pat its head. No puppets now. Only mechs. And Dave can pretend that this person in front of him would not immediately fistbump and possibly even snuggle with the very same puppet that so drastically inspires Dave's need to abscond.]

I love horses. Not as much as Arquiusprite does, but they're still pretty cool. [Puppets are still cooler, but he is trying not to trigger Dave's Puppet PTSD.]

We could just start collaborating on some mixes and see where the mutual inspiration takes us. [This feels like a suitable compromise that a) gives them room to develop, b) cuts out Dirk's compulsive controlfreak tendencies from the start, and c) absolutely does not involve puppets of any kind.]