There's a definite respect that Arno has for Shay, and it endures, but it's tinged with something else. The uneasy trappings of a new friendship, maybe, where you're not quite sure how much teasing is going too far, or how much invasion of their life is too much. That said, though, today, yes, better things in mind.

Although, the last time Arno touched the Morrigan, really touched her as opposed to hanging out while he threw up over the side, he managed to unravel a rope by being near it, somehow, prompting his own rule of not touching anything because he has too much respect for Shay, his friend, and a healthy fear of Shay, The Captain to break anything accidentally. So that would be part of why.

"Private seems as if it would lend itself to the situation." Arno looks to China. "Yes?"