"Whatever you need it to be so that you can still feel good about yourself." He chuckled when she nudged his shoulder. He was feeling more like his old self - and even that wasn't exactly right, there wasn't a war to deal with now and just that knowledge had a profound effect on the way Caradoc was able to go through his days.
He snorted shaking his head. "Maybe you ought to learn to take a compliment one of these days, you ought to know better than most I don't just go throwing those around for just anyone." He reminded her, not that he hadn't been teasing when he made the selfless compliment, he knew what it was not to have anyone for the holidays, or to be the one being kept away during that time, and he didn't envy her that.
Shrugging, Caradoc took a pull from his drink. "I'm working during the day, but as I've been reminded more than once the day doesn't have to be over when you clock out for the night. I might make an appearance at some party." He wasn't really sure, but he had been keeping himself busy at work recently, it wouldn't hurt to get out and actually enjoy life - the way people kept saying he needed to.
"Who said anything about loving it?" He asked her, smirk plain on his face. "I don't love a great many things about this job of ours, but that doesn't keep me from doing them, or avoiding them like the plague the way some people do." He told her, he'd work late to get paperwork finished so he had more time later to work on other cases, it all made sense to him, and putting things like that off caught up with you eventually, and that was something he didn't need to deal with.