[That's fair, he doesn't quite know what's awaiting him upon his return, so...]

Ever are they simple creatures, and ever do they deny such. Their suffocating lack of self-awareness is most pointedly absurd at times.

[Which is all there is really to say on the matter. Well, no that's not true, but honestly, mortals suck. At her...warning, he grins slyly, eyebrows raising ever so slightly to accompany the expression.]

Oh? And I am to assume that this boy would be source of your aforementioned bad side? [Got a weak spot, do ya???]