Well, she had him there. Odira was not short on excitement in her life, most of it quite unfortunately. Baxter could certainly empathize with wanting more low-key outings. Still, he smiled slowly. "Magical carpet jousts? I'll have to take Jameson for an adventure sometime, see if I can keep up." He chuckled,  nibbling on his food as he pondered over that. He did enjoy the children nearly as much as he enjoyed Odira's company so it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities.

"As long as we get to keep up with these, too." Baxter was slow to make personal decisions, he knew that, his own history of mistakes had led him to be cautious on this front, but he knew he'd made the right decision in the long run. Now he just needed to get moving here.