[He gives her a bit of a look - that's a risky question to ask him, with his smart mouth and complete refusal to show vulnerability. She's likely to be shot down - almost guaranteed, in fact - and yet she took the chance.

So he just sighs a little, pulling a lock of her hair around his finger and winding it up loosely.]

Yeah, I probably will. This is the longest anyone's stuck around since I've been on my own.

[Then she immediately gets a more customary follow-up:] But I don't care if you're facing cruel and unusual punishment, no one hears that I said that. Got it?