mat is very much a 'PEOPLE ARE GREAT, YOU ARE GREAT, COME HOLD THIS PIECE OF MY EXPERIMENT FOR ME AND IGNORE ANY TINGLING FEELINGS' kind of guy. with far too much energy most times for one person. but maybe, between the two of them, they can keep track of important things. and charley can remind him that small explosions in an apartment setting don't make for good neighbors when peacekeepers inevitably get complained to.