[This time, Bucky laughs louder, reaching out to pat Merlin on the shoulder.]
'm sure he appreciated all your hard work. And honest, not everyone's got the good luck of bein' a mornin' person, we should feel sorry for 'im. [He is, has always been, something left over from when he was younger and always had to get up early to help look after his sisters. It's a habit that stuck, after that, getting up at the crack of dawn even when he had no reason to.]