If he knows Jesse (and does he know Jesse), and if the punk hadn't changed much since they last spoke when he wasn't a spooky smokey ghost, he'd like to think that he's starting to get under his skin. That feeling in itself is nostalgic, which surprises him a little. A bitter sort of feeling, however, and he just grunts in response.

"Maybe I just like the way it looks." The last word is snarled out in disdain, though not because of the word and just simply because it's Jesse, and he snaps the book shut.

"Let it alone, cowboy. This isn't the hill you want to die on."

Well, so much for not using the word 'cowboy'. It's not as if he wore this mask for Talon, anyway.