[ He just gives a dry chuckle at that, quickly shaking his head. ]

Nooo, I tend to avoid emotions getting messy like that. It never ends well. Much safer to keep it to just a bit of fun.

[ Although he's been increasingly bad at that since arriving here. Then again, there's a somewhat smaller pool of people he knows here. Fewer still he trusts. His one-and-done policy had gone out the window at the same time. ]