Oh seriously? Thanks, I definitely owe you one. You've got a better eye for that sort of stuff.

[But he's being released, and suddenly there's noise from Shade again and that catches his attention. Catches it so well that he almost misses James' next comment, but he does manage to pay enough attention. It has him raising his brows and huffing in mock indignation, though there's definitely an undertone of amusement in his voice as he makes haste to follow along.]

Hey, it gets super lonely out there, cut me some slack.