Do I look like a campfire kind of guy? And here I try so hard not to cultivate that image.
[That's a joke, of course, and he immediately follows it up with:] Now let's see... Any reason besides the obvious making you stray out here?
["The obvious" = Avalon ties. It's more to the point than is normal for him, but mrr, walking reminder of what's waiting for him back in canon, he does not appreciate you.]