[On the one hand, yeah, it'd be kind of nice to actually know who he's working with. On the other, he knows that's idealistic and he sort of feels weird asking Axel to fix things. So…he frowns right back.]

I dunno. Maybe it doesn't really matter that much. Even Valvatorez eventually started coming back just to get tasks to earn favors. But that's what I'm supposed to do to help everyone here.

[…] As long as the universe gives me what it promised when I said yes, I don't care. [Or, rather, he cares a lot and he's just going to ignore it, and also ignore the fact that Axel probably knows he's just ignoring it.]

She listens to you a lot lately. [Emma, he means.] At least that was the impression I got.