It's not dumb, it's dashing. [So, yes.

He's quiet for a long moment as they fly, gaining altitude to lose even the most persistent of the vines. It doesn't stop him from paying very close attention to them, though. Even beyond not wanting to get knocked out of the air, it seems like it would be bad manners to drop his passenger now.]

Well, he did try to launch an invasion from my house. And tore up most of Midtown. And killed a friend. So no, he's not exactly high on my christmas card list.