[there's a long silence before any kind of answer. There has to be thinking, since every time that very question crossed his mind before, he hadn't answered it. The fire pops and meat sizzles to fill the blank space]

I neither want it, nor don't. [another pause, much shorter though] It would be nice to see a familiar face, but I get along fine without them. I'm not sure I want to inflict Ace on the female population of this world, though.