"But that's in the past. No use dwelling on things that happened a few years back, right?"

He grabs a can of beer from under his desk and pops it open, leaning back and putting his feet on the desk as if he hadn't just been thinking about an uncomfortable topic.

"You here for any reason aside from warning me about our new friend?"

Was that a tone of hope to his voice? Nah, it was just him being him, right?