"Sure -- back door's open."

Like it always is, while he's on the clock. He's pretty confident in dealing with anyone who wanted to try anything funny, at least. So no worries about leaving a door unlocked.

And it really had been freezing out. This is probably fine.

Probably.

All the same, he doesn't offer the passenger seat up front. Either out of habit or their last talk still bouncing around in his head.