"You miss me that much?" Reno laughed a little, popping a peanut into his mouth, rolling his eyes toward the ceiling. "To be painfully honest, man, I been chewin' on the idea of maybe hittin' up the island for another semester. Maybe beg the ol' dog an' lagomorph for my job back in town. Get the hell outta Edge for a bit."

This was his way of admitting that Edge had him beat, yes. It wasn't ever going to get much more straightforward than that, from Reno's lips to Arthur's ears.

"In the meantime, I ain't opposed to swingin' by every other Tuesday to poke at your recruits with sticks, if this is you sayin' that they might need it, yo."