That comment provoked an unintentional snort from Richard, which came out before he noticed how uncomfortable Adam looked. Awkward. He gave it a moment's thought, recapping his most memorable fistfights, and then shook his head. "Nah. I think it makes sense," he shrugged expressively, "though that might say more about me than about the question. Must have been quite the 'misunderstanding'." He didn't quite buy Adam's story, but the whole answer seemed way too touchy for Richard to pursue the conversation. Instead, he leaned in to the box, pulling away one last layer from a bulbous object and revealing some brown lacquer. Yes, just the thing to lighten the mood.
The standard line about conversation pieces seemed to be that they were supposed to be classy and understated, and to a certain point Richard agreed with that. The object he pulled out of the box was his one big exception to that rule. "Could you find a place for this in on the kitchen counter?" he asked, holding out the cookie jar with a smirk.