Of course not. Ellie had never been able to take the hint when he had been avoiding him and now Eric is showing that same stubborn streak, albeit much more directly and in a much more bothersome way. Humpty exhales slowly, eyes sliding closed for a moment as if in an attempt to center himself before they reopen.

"I have a job and things I have been establishing for myself here. I won't let you ruin that, Eric."

His tone isn't threatening, but he also isn't going to let the younger man show up and upend everything he's been working for, take away the small increments of freedom he's had for the first time. Already the Art's mind is racing on how he's going to explain Eric's presence to his Dominant, especially after what he saw on Patara. In the moment he had been willing to not ask many questions because of Humpty's clear distress, but now it's going to be increasingly difficult to evade the topic.