Mike chuckled, "Yes it does, glad to not be the one dealing with it here though." It wasn't all bad being in charge, Mike knew, but there was a reason he was a field agent after all. "Gleeful pleasure." Mike repeated shaking his head, "Tomato tomahto, the way I see it."
He could handle small talk himself, unlike some people Mike could keep it up forever if he really needed to. But he appreciated that Callen was more of a get down to business sort of guy, especially about this. Mike already knew what it was about, and putting it off was just delaying the inevitable.
"Ah yeah, it's been better. I'm gonna assume he's been to talk to you to ask about a new partner." Mike guessed, though he wondered just how much Robert had actually told Callen about what happened.