[He's changed since they knew each other, but old habits - old tells in his body language - stay the same. The way his fingers flex in and out of a fist. The way his eyes - not that they can be seen very well - remain narrow, one can just imagine the tightening of his mouth under his mask. Finally, his voice, when he speaks, is tight- roughened with age, but tense for all it's staying even.]

He didn't talk. Drew in himself. Felt like the only time I'd hear him speak was when he was delivering an AAR, and that's if he bothered to show up. [A glance to the side.] This's putting aside the talk of that side itself going bad.

[That's another tell- he heard the rumors about Blackwatch, but he didn't want to believe them. Fought against them.

Has since realized what a fool he was.]