The ripple of relief when Kit asks him that is part and parcel of what Vandelin keeps trying to conceal, what he isn't sure he should be feeling at all, lest it open up avenues of unwanted vulnerability. But it is there nonetheless, and yes, he wants to stay. He would like nothing more than to stay.

"Depends," he says, with a faint quirk of a smile. "How likely am I to trip over Chuck when I get up to make breakfast in the morning?"