"Honesty doesn't fix my airship." Only slightly sulking, that, and it's mostly for show. If Martel expected depression or rage when his ill-advised adventure failed, then he hasn't been paying attention; Balthier is just better educated by now. There is a whole vast world of bad ideas out there, just waiting to be embarked upon.

"I imagine I'll have to pick something, here." ... Something as in somewhere to live, he means. His nomadic behavior at Bete Noire was out of anxiety and paranoia, and the influence of that city isn't gripping him, here, thank the gods. But he also refuses to stay at the Inn, or do something as mad as become Jack's life-in mistress. Shiva's tits, man.