Due perhaps to the overall tone of the night, Cade immediately picks up on her stern disapproval, and when he rises from the bow there's a certain weary meekness about him.
"Yes, ma'am," he says quietly, looking off to one side and fixing his gaze on the nearest mountain, "...I can go." He's not in a hurry to elbow the Nightingale out of her quiet place, especially when she clearly doesn't want him here.