"Are you telling me you don't find your pleasures in squats?" One of his greatest victories had been getting her to curse at him for the exercises, but they both know that she's done well by them. While he doesn't necessarily take pleasure in what he had to go through to become the weapon he is, he feels some small gratification that a part of it has been used for something good.

"You know already that I don't trust it here, wherever here actually is." He's barely been here a handful of hours by his estimation, and it's already been far too long. "If there's a chance at finding out anything to our advantage, I have to take it." Which is part of protecting her as well, and he knows that she probably realizes it too. Still, a safe place to rest wouldn't go amiss, especially if she allows him to go over the space until he's satisfied that it's as secure as possible.

But he does take her comments to mean that she'll be interested in training again. "Shall I take up a role as your instructor once more?" This is a man who has no idea what post-pregnancy workout routines should look like; she'll have to tell him when she's ready and what her new limits might be.