He could argue that he should be excluded for some unexplainable reason but he doesn't have the energy to or want to explain his brand of self-esteem and self-sacrificing issues.

And while he did think about it quite a lot because that was a lot of translating, he definitely didn't think about what might happen if it worked, and that's the point. "Okay. So I will." He's quiet for a minute before he looks over at Nico again, "so are you like, super mad or just not feeling well enough to yell, because the energy in the room is so lukewarm and that wasn't what I was expecting at all."