Why would he need me to build him anything when he can do it all himself!

[Donnie sounds exasperated at that, because true, there are times he feels a little challenged by the man but he doesn't really want a rivalry, he's just glad he has someone who he can actually communicate with.]

...those boots, he made them for me so I could get around the city. It was stupidly hot last summer and walking around with no shoes just wasn't happening.

[And then there was a volcano but Donnie decides not to get into that right now.]