Locus gives him an odd look at that. It's not scornful or disapproving, almost surprise if anything, but not overtly so. He just studies him for a time as though gauging what he means by that exactly, before appearing to dismiss it entirely.

"I doubt we will ever come to the situation you were living in. There are ways to avoid that, and provided neither of us do anything too drastic or foolish, we should manage."