He was not touching those hot topics with a ten foot pole. Not right now. Promoted was way more important at the moment and could easily get ripped away.
But her next topic peaked his interest. "If you put me behind the wheel I'll learn how to drive it." he put on his best trust me smile, though it was possibly more like a ghost pokemon before pulling of a particularly devious prank. "Rain, shine, under cover of darkness in the middle of a stormy night." be is dune buggy, or giant missile launching robot. This was the point of joining team rocket after all.