"Not unless the situation absolutely called for it and you had no alternatives."

He can't see the way her brow just raised, but it's there.

"We're absent the mountains, and there's not a cloud in the sky to even think about a blizzard. Just...if you feel tired, sit down. If you want to sleep, sleep. It's as straightforward as that."

He's still free to wave her off and do his own thing. She's not his mother or anything like it.