"Oh, man, you would ask that. I don't know. A while," he shrugged, "I come and go as I please. It's a nice break from every day life sometimes, y'know? I can get a drink here without Elena up my ass about something Tseng wants." Tch. Never seen someone so thrilled to work under someone.
"Once whatever it is you came here to do is done, you'll be able to leave," he assured her, "Then you can come and go as you please too. When you return it'll be like no time as passed at all. So don't sweat it."
"Lucky for you tha first one's free then," he smirked.