"She's half my size lifting dead weight man, you had trouble gettin-" And that's about when he clams up and changes gears.

He does not need to go into the matters of his Kaiba and make things worse. Probably for the best- it means he has a clear head when Kaiba says that.

"........................you serious?" he remarks dryly. "I think abou' th' only thing that'd make tha' happen is if you had eyes f'r someone else."