"You wouldn't just do it because I asked nicely, would you?" she gave him a sheepish grin and took a sip of her tea to stall for a moment. It wasn't easy to tell your boss that one of his costumes literally gave you nightmares.
"Because, um...well...it gives me nightmares. Like I'm being attacked by a giant singing bat nightmares," she finally told him in a rush. It wasn't like this was the first ridiculous thing she'd ever said to him. But it was certainly near the top of a list of the must ridiculous things that was for certain.