Not nearly enough, clearly.

[If he's mildly tipsy, it's still not enough to make him actually relaxed. Not with things as strange as they are, and not with people around who might find it a little odd how friendly he is with Billy. Not that it's their business, of course.

With his free hand, he reaches up to poke Billy in the side. No getting exasperated, he'll have to start being comforting.]

Always eventually, hmm? Well, if I can wait this long, I suppose I can wait longer.

[He grins, though and leans over for a moment, resting a little more of his weight on Billy. It's not like he minds, particularly, after all.]

I trust it about as much as you do, obviously. But on the other hand, even if every planet we end up visiting is an entirely new vista of horrors and terribad things happening, at least the landscape will be different most times. Not quite as sure about being given a job, though. I could have done without that.

[Small mercies, exactly what they've spent a year and a half learning to be grateful for.

Considering how his last job turned out, though, he's definitely wary of that one.]