[Should have been more careful with his words. He's been trying very hard not to feed into whatever ideas she might have in her head, not wanting to fuel the fire, so to speak. He doesn't lie to her, but he doesn't try to agitate her either. Keeping the peace has been...not exactly easy, but not hard either, thanks to how cautious he's been. Or thought he'd been.

Gonna have to stop letting so much of his guard down. So he lets out a dismissive huff of air.]

I just don't have a lot to say. You don't see me responding all over the place to anyone else, do you? If I've got something to say, I'll tell you straight up.

[He pauses for a moment, the hoverboard slowing down as they get closer to the lamppost and the most of the danger seems to have passed.]

But if you want my input about something, you can always ask me yourself.

[Better to have her call him out directly than wonder what she may be doing in the background.]