[At least that gets him to relax and he grins at both of them. Those are things he can definitely do (or, mostly do. Telling Ruby some things is entirely out of the question right now.) and he trusts Ruby to know the same. He wants to make this work. It's weird. It's almost the same kind of want he felt when he wanted to get into SFIT, wanted to save the world. It's the same want that means he's going to throw himself in as hard as possible and force the world to bow.

That aside though, he ducks his head with a sheepish grin.]

I think your definition of late is probably different than mine. And anyway I think we're already on the same page. Talk to each other, listen to each other, and don't set anything else on fire. I think I can handle that. [A beat.] Did you guys really have to use the intimidation tactic just to tell me things I already knew?