"Right, when I said 'we' that time I meant we as in, the three of us. We who live in this house, right now. And we bring home people and shag around and that's not changing, so there's no reason to move." Or to buy flowers or ... why would they be adopting Chinese babies?
"Why Chinese?" He said after a minute, then shook his head and reached out to smack Merton on the chest softly. "No, nevermind, I don't want to know. Besides, you move out and that d'Eath guy will start hovering around you again, all vulnerable and on your own. And didn't you burn down your last flat? So you've got to stay."