"Not the worst night I've had," He answered, his voice equally lacking in 'flavor' of any sort. Neutral. Calm, in spite of that damned heart of his.  And, was he breathing a little more heavily than someone at rest should? Almost certainly. It did tend to go along with the racing heart.<br/><br/>"If she would like me to go with you, then I will. And if you say she does, I will trust you<em>for now</em>." So, clearly he is still not on good terms with her. Maybe some more communication would help. Yet, he has just made it very clear that he seems to be unwilling to do anything for Cass' sake.  It was all about Erica. He also made it clear that he trusts Cass about as far as he could throw her, which, given his physique and lack of supernatural strength, is probably a foot at best; not very much at all.<br/><br/>"And if I'm going to be staying here long term, we need to discuss some human necessities. And how I earn them. I'm not expecting any free rides." And for some reason, he got the distinct impression he's not going to like how he has to earn them. But, he is trying to be diplomatic, not demanding or anything. He is at least trying.