[He's got a better opinion of her than that which is part of the problem here. She's always come off as very professional, something who takes what she does very seriously. That sounds to him like the sort of person who would feel it was best to put all her little toy lab mice back where she found them when she's done.]
If I have any say in it at all I'd rather stay wherever we are when we wake up. It's not just that I want to live, but I've grown to love people I would never have known at home. But, as you say, I know better than to expect you to promise any of that.