"As much as possible, huh," Aiden snorts a little. In New Orleans, happiness would always be limited he's sure. Josh shouldn't have come back to that city at all. He shold have been free of all of it. Aiden feels tired and sad to think about it and so he tries to just push it from his mind. It's difficult, this place is constantly making him think of Josh and the inevitable betrayals this place seems to want to force his hand in. It reminds him a little too much of how Klaus had manipulated him twisting his pride and his loyalties in some ridiculous tactic.

Aiden rolls his eyes just a little bit. "Jackson is my leader," he reminds him but Jackson's not here and he'd been his second in command basically. Still, what is there to lead here?

"What do you intend to do?" Mikaelson does not hold the same sway here he's sure as it would in New Orleans after all. Honestly, Aiden had a hard time understanding what Elijah was even trying to get at. What is it with Mikaelsons and their pontificating instead of getting to the real heart of the matter.