Okay, so maybe he did have trouble reining himself in at times. But hey, he'd made a friend! She'd just said so! That was progress, at least.

"Oh, like the, 'stop, we're in over our heads' sort of thing? Or more like the 'stop eating babies and sacrificing virgins' sort of thing?" he asks, tossing a bit of rope toward her, then retrieving some stakes. They'd probably need a distraction while one or both of them set the traps, right? Right.

"I mean either way, yes, fine. I'm not doing anything world-shaking."