Cal watched on and wondered if human families were all like this... It was very different from the tension that always lingered when he was with his own family. Perhaps it came down to what they were... Vampires lived such long lives that they saw no real reason to patch relationships in any hurry, when you had centuries to do so then it just seemed... unimportant. It was the same reason perhaps that made concubines and other side relationships so common among them as well... Love had a way of breaking down after too much time passed without the desire to rekindle it.<br/><br/>Humans though seemed to truly try to keep up their relationships, such things were precious to them... It was something that most vampires probably saw as foolish, but Callan found endearing. He sipped his drink quietly as they lightly bickered, though it seemed that the woman named Amelia wasn't about to leave him out of it for very long. He placed the glass down, but he didn't really have an answer... Well, not one that he thought she would find interesting anyway.<br/><br/>"At present, my work is taking up all of my available time, so I do not have the time to spend on hobbies and the like." He stated, which was the honest truth. "Had the option been available I would have probably declined the bond as well, I do not have the spare time to truly cater to Elliot at present properly." He added. As it was... They hardly even spoke with each other, and on his busier days, he didn't even join him for their awkward dinners. It just felt... Odd, but he knew his own family hadn't taken the comfort of a human into account in all of this. It wasn't a surprise really, and he figured he may as well be honest with the other's family as they surely would notice his seeming absence during their stay during the waking hours.