Damon didn't shove that easily. Kind of a benefit of being a vampire with a ridiculous reserve of strength. He also was speedy, reaching down and halting Javik's hand.

"Look, Buggy. I didn't say we were stopping, I said we were pausing." He stood up, jerking at Javik's hand to pull him up with him. "The past is the past and if we bitched and moaned about all the things we lost, we'd never get anything done. You're here now. We're not going to be interrupted. And if you play your cards right, I can make sure that it's more than just a one-off. How much stamina do aliens have, anyway?"