[He tugs his hand away and shrugs, a shrug much too animated, accompanied with a wave of his hand and a noise in the back of his throat.]

Ah, yeah, well. You can't exactly retire from something that's gonna follow you around for the rest of your life. [His voice is light and even, trying and failing to suggest he's over the whole thing.] What can I say? I guess I'm just not the retiring kind.

[That eye-contact avoidance is a real change from the intense stares he used to get. He's not sure which option he prefers. Either way, he quirks his lips into half a grin.]

Something like that, anyway.