[He's pretty grateful that they're mostly out of the big ball pit of emotions, because as much as he'd like to help Helix sort out his issues Aidan'll need a little bit of time to catch up. Figure out how he's supposed to tackle this. Joking around and talking about other things, if only for a little while, seems like a really good idea right about now.
The look of mischief stirs just a little bit of excitement in the pit of his stomach, but it's quickly extinguished as Helix continues and to his own great surprise Aidan can feel himself tensing, mouth going dry. A woman..? Hang on, he can't be jealous about this at all! They're not a couple and it's not he didn't properly kiss one or two people when those bots were running around.]