"Shouldn't I be?"

There was a hint of dryness to the tone; whether or not he came across as such, there was a part of him that was still wary. It also could simply have been the result of his lingering discomfort with this world.

"If you need an ear to listen, the least I could do is offer- but I won't push you." A beat. "But I'm going to guess you aren't on the best of terms."