He's almost unphased, could have babbled and barreled directly into some other bullshit excuse or explanation, but he doesn't get the chance. Because before he can, she says she can't help him and for some reason that's what makes him mad. His face screws up with his annoyance at the denial of something that he'd come to take for granted. "Fine." he bites the word out, like it's left a bitter taste in his mouth. "Whatever. Have fun at music prison."

He spins hard on his heel to leave the room, almost leaves it at that, but pauses in the doorway to turn back to let her have one more spiteful thing thrown at her. "I hope you don't come back." And isn't it lucky he doesn't have Allison's power, or it might have gone so very differently.