Moonspear A bug in the system

Edit - gonna go ahead and close this out <3

Gannet nodded.  Perhaps they wouldn't have.  Titmouse... well, from what little Gannet had seen of his brother, Titmouse was not brave.  Gannet thought panic more likely than guilt, even now, but he at least knew enough not to argue.  He did not understand why they were so convinced Titmouse was guilty, but he did understand why they had attacked him.  They couldn't know he only intended to get in front, to block and slow.  If they had thought him a thread, taking his leg was the surest way to stop him.

Yes, had it been his home, he might have done the same.

"Yes," he vocalized, giving a slight smile to show he did, indeed, understand, and that he had no hard feelings on the matter.  

He did not know what Liffey knew or not, so when he turned to her, he summarized. "Titmouse came, and I tried to stop them."  He looked at Hydra, then grinned.  "It didn't work out."  Not for him, at least.  Tit might have gotten away, but he had made a snap decision with little forethought.  Then he sobered.  "Sorry." This he directed at Hydra.  No matter his thoughts, he was sorry someone she cared about was now gone.  No one should have that happen, least of all this girl, whom he did truly like.

He was enthusiastically grateful for their company, so when they stayed a while longer, he settled into a contented pattern of listening and answering in his own way what he could.