The staff are still gone. He hasn't resummoned them. But he can't even crack a smile at the 'Eastern Seaboard' save.
"Yes, I did." Kristoff listens. "...And no, it is not. I am as I am. I can accomodate American sensibilities enough to avoid topics and adjust behavior while I am here, certainly, but... I am certainly not going to stay here forever, and I cannot expect to ever take her with me if a normal way of doing things hurts her so much." He sighs. "In the end, I suppose the choice is hers. I would fight for her if it merely meant sheer physical or intellectual courage against something I could agree was wrong, but... I suppose in the end, it just has to be her choice."