"I don't hate it here. But you know my alternative."

York nods at the information about Ryuuzaki -- he'll have to try again. "You think I could talk him into dinner with just us? I'll give him the shovel talk."

His grin fades when shadows come up.

"Mine attacked her. Beat her pretty bad the first time she ran into it, but we already talked about how everything it said was bullshit... my death wasn't her fault and she. Well. She knows that, at least intellectually. Feelings sometimes take awhile to come around." He tries to recover his smile. "And hey, we're still doing breakfast dates. Clothing optional. I feel like things will be okay."