"Take it how you wish. Either way, I can't make you do anything without a fight and I'm not in the mood for a pissing contest." If his still somewhat-vague memories of the place were anything to go on, they'd have plenty of time for that later. As exciting as it was, there was still quite a lot of down time for them to scream at each other. Particularly if they were sharing a home. He still wasn't certain if Pell actually wanted him around, though. He'd probably be sleeping alone on the couch for a while.

"I'm here, Seel, and you're going to have to get used to it. Whether that's sooner or later I don't much care, but it will have to happen." He'd never been able to cut Cal completely out of his life, and it was going to be even harder now.

"You're only damaging yourself fighting the inevitable. I could not care less about how comfortable or uncomfortable I'm making you by existing."