Moonspear Don't you think you should take it a little easy on all the nitrates?

Oh. Gannet stopped, confused, his weight subconsciously shifting as felt Towhee's narrowed gaze. Hydra had told him they had asked after him, but he'd assumed this merely to be checking in. He hadn't thought they'd actually want him back, not after so long away.

"I can't," he replied, glancing back at Hydra. Fact of the matter still remained; he'd promised to stay and pay off whatever debt Charon saw fit. At the time he hadn't expected a retrieval, and it had seemed the best way to keep alive and remain useful. A lot had changed since then, but he was still firm in that. Besides, he'd doubly promised Hydra he'd stay. He wasn't about to disappoint her either.