[ And a sheepish apologetic grin. He's never had that kind of trouble before. So... he'll just pull out one of his spare balls and approach the Duskull. ]

Come on... s'just your first day in... and Mister Spears hasn't been here nary a week. Think you could cooperate just a tad?

[ He'll just hold up the ball for the Duskull... just in case his little plea hasn't fallen on deaf ears.

If duskull have ears. ]