Well, I can't wait to meet him. Between you and me, I'm kind of relieved you've been the one here without me. I can't imagine what Mick would do if left unsupervised without beer and fire.

[ she's being sincere. there's also an unspoken part... it would be nice to have a ray-like buffer between them eventually. she knows she and zari have an almost supernatural ability to get on each others' nerves ]