He really only cared about her opinion, and he planned on sticking close to her as well. Even if she tried to get rid of him - doubtful - he knew ways to make her want to take him back in and would employ them as required to make her realize his life was hers to deal with. He would give it to no other, and in turn, he would protect her and listen to her orders perfectly. That was what he wanted, the structure of command and a place where he could curl up when his mind or body failed him and required sleep.

"Hydra will be a dying problem soon enough," he said simply as if he were talking about the weather. He knew that he had probably taken off most of the items on her list with his kills, the easiest information to find on Hydra after. There were darker secrets he would figure out soon enough. He watched her from the doorway that he had returned to, gaze flicking around the room before he simply watched her instead. "They won't be able to come near you with me around. They'll see me as the larger threat, and that's the way I want it." He shrugged and gestured towards the bathroom. "Your bath is ready."