"So... you want your throne back?" He guessed, and then paused for a moment. "Come on, I was in this whole thing the moment you shoved me into this exact van the night before. You can't stop now. You want to at least attempt an explanation?"

He was not angry, or even frustrated, at least not with her. He understood that she was tensed due to what was going on. He hoped that an inviting tone would help her relax and share a little more with someone she was going to be stuck with for a while. In addition, this was potentially his problem too if it involved his biological father and an item he had unknowingly had on him since his change of identity. He just did not expect to end up on the illegal side of it, and there was probably something illegal going on currently since Roxy had decided to abduct him instead of going to the cops about her issues.

"Store it? Have you figured out how you're going to reach your dad or his peeps about it?"