"Oh, outsourcing your mischief now, are you? But would you not then grow jealous?"

He smiles faintly though. He doesn't think he has anything to worry about. The bond between them gives him surety. Hythlodaeus will always come back to him, no matter how long the wait. Isn't there a saying? 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder'?

"I think you will need to introduce him to your pet name for me as well, else he will think himself less worthy."