[Hey, most of the people here that he knows are superheroes already, so the thought that he needs to be extremely protective of them (he's only maybe super protective of them) is well, just silly!] And we all have each other's backs... right?

[Just to, you know, double check that one. Billy nods.] That's good. You don't eat as much food as Tommy does, right? Because otherwise this place must run out of food every other week.

[He grins, both at the so cliche joke he just made, but also the fact that they didn't mind if he tagged along.] I'd like that. It's kind of boring, not doing it, you know?