Dan nods. He understands. So many of the people want to go home, here, and Dan certainly has his complaints, but to him this is an adventure he can go on with his husband, his favorite partner in action. It isn't all bad. It's challenging and thrilling and populated by interesting people and places. If not for the fact that he keeps getting sucked into the lives of people here, and that there are other people trying to meddle with his life, it'd be Dan's ideal way to spend the time.

"And something to do." Dan fiddles with the scissors, spinning them in his fingers, unwittingly illustrating that fidgetiness that motivates him in ways large and small. "Reckon most of why I have a career at all is just straight-up boredom. Now I don't need to go looking for trouble. Trouble's decided to bring me along for its own ride."

He gives Elle a sympathetic glance. He figures she has enough trouble in her life, what with her world staggering to an end, that she doesn't need it to come grab her the way Dan does.

"I don't know about you, but if I stay anywhere longer than six weeks, I start to go completely out of my head." Even in times when Dan has everything going for him - a job he likes, a place to stay, friends - he feels the need to bolt after a month or so. "Don't got to worry about that here."