"Yeah, I think... actually, I'm pretty sure I want to avoid him," Sean said, trying to keep the emotion off his face and not entirely succeeding. "It's already hard enough dealing with the fact that he's basically turned into his father here, I don't want to explain anything more to him when I get back than I have to."
He would, of course, but he wouldn't enjoy it.
"So what's the story with you here? I feel like that one's going to be less emotionally painful for me. Which... says something."