Schuldig reached out to touch him on the shoulder - just a light, casual touch, his smile never dropping. "That doesn't matter anywhere near as much as what you're going to do with me." He'd known Mello was far too smart, too pragmatic to wait around hoping he'd return when the odds were against it - and he liked that strength in him, even if it would make manipulating him more difficult. But the fact was that he was back, and just as before, he had no intention of coming in second place to anyone else in attention or anything else.