"You're not a human being, for starters. Just part time look like one. And with all we had happening, there's no reason for you to be decent to me without getting something out of it. Maybe in the long run. It was more than twenty years with my mother, it was five years with Mariska and hey I'll be here for at least five more years so why not write you on there."

He scratched his throat. "Let's say it's trust issues."