Redhawk Caldera Magic is costly. You take what you didn't earn, but you pay for it.

Although he bristled visibly at the tone of Towhee's voice, Reyes knew he had pushed his luck too far already. She still had all the power to turn him away, even to refuse to talk to the kids and convey the plan in his absence. She could tell them whatever she wanted when he was gone - and he would just have to deal with that.

Alright. Reyes answered, refusing to let the defeated feeling inside himself flavor his words; even if she couldn't really hear it, Reyes was finally closing himself off for good from Towhee and finding ways to control himself in her presence. It was a little late for that now.

Without so much as a goodbye, he finally moved to go. Turning his back on the conversation and what remained of his family, to make his way back to Brecheliant where he was, at the very least, respected.