"Mmmm." Maybe it bothers him sometimes, his own need to reassert what's his and be reassured of it. He's always had...interesting problems that way, but coupled with the general unsteadiness he's still struggling with and it's insult to injury. "No, it's not." And, realistically, if he still operated the way he always did before, they'd be apart for longer and mostly due to him.

Still.