[...he doesn't have any plans at all to be sneaky about it. In fact, he'd probably video them running free just to make it a point. But Stein could then thank him! After all, what if a chocobo and dinosaur fall in love?]

I'll certainly give you that. He is obnoxious. But I'd rather stay my own entity, thank you. Go find another to play with. [Plus, he probably would rather choose the possibility of death over being with America for too long.]