If it doesn't, you'll have me with you no matter what.
I'm not afraid of you.
[More pointedly, he is afraid of someone getting too happy with the power they wielded. Just because she could do a thing didn't mean that she should.]
Since she's banned you, I feel like she's banned me as well. Wherever you go, I'm going too.
[ For a long moment, he does not reply. But if Oscar looks, he will find the tangle of emotion: it would be so easy to feed from him. Ozpin is a threat because Oscar would let him be. To remain in proximity with him, at the exclusion of everyone else, does truly feel like a danger to his self-control. He does not want to make use of Oscar's loyalty that way.
What he says is: ]
Thank you, Oscar. I will bear it in mind and let you know what I intend next.
[ Oscar knows him well enough: it's a stall. He needs time and distance to consider this. (He needs to shut himself away.) ]
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But if I must spend a short span of time away for the comfort of our other residents [ VERY POINTED ] I am willing to do so.
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I'm not afraid of you.
[More pointedly, he is afraid of someone getting too happy with the power they wielded. Just because she could do a thing didn't mean that she should.]
Since she's banned you, I feel like she's banned me as well. Wherever you go, I'm going too.
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What he says is: ]
Thank you, Oscar. I will bear it in mind and let you know what I intend next.
[ Oscar knows him well enough: it's a stall. He needs time and distance to consider this. (He needs to shut himself away.) ]
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Just keep me in the loop. That's all I ask.
[In the meanwhile, he's learning from watching Qrow and will be keeping an eye on Oz as discreetly as possible in Bird Mode.]