[He sort of waves his hand at that, in an 'okay okay' sort of motion, to indicate that he gets what's going on now and what exactly he needs to be keeping secret.]

And what I'm saying is it doesn't have to get that far. If you do somethin' like this just let us know, dude. Keep us in the loop. Trust me, after spending a hundred years chasing Magnus as he tries to fight things way bigger than him I'm good bein' the magic dude on call.

[Which should probably say something that he's comparing Nate to someone he considers family but maybe don't think about that one too hard.]

I'm just sayin'. I get it, you wanna be the hero dude, I can't stop you even if I think it's a bad idea, but like. We can handle that. Y'don't have to spend months double-checking every corner.