[Envy doesn't flinch or look away under the scrutiny.]

Yeah, because you don't like him. [Bit of a sarcastic mutter right there. But he knows that butting heads isn't really going to win him this, so he adopts a more convincing tone.]

It's not like I'm asking for him to join up permanently. It's what, a week and a half to Ecruteak? That's not so long.