The Floodlands Free and easy

Skipping Clover because she's a PPC now, and Tegan since it was OKed

And so here he was, seeing a friend walk away -- or would be soon at least.  He wasn't sure if that was better or worse than having them just disappear into the ether, whether knowing that they'd headed out there somewhere was more of a weight than just... not.   Whatever, he'd work it out.   Just don't get into too much mischief, eh?  I think everyone wants you to stay in one piece.

At least he sort of had an idea how to be reasonably cryptic and still mention Raven.  Kind of.  It was super vague, and he looked quickly between both of the youths before speaking.  Though I will give you a heads up.  I may or may not have gotten myself into some trouble of my own -- so if it all goes wrong, I might be joining you out here, he said with a slightly crooked grin.  Yeah, it wasn't gonna go that way, but there was no way in hell that Quixote was gonna expect the scenario that ended up happening later. It was too bad that they hadn't been able to have this conversation on their own -- Quixote liked secrets and all, but at the same time, it was sort of a thing he'd have shared with Colt if the scenario had been different.

For now, though, guess I'll have to wrangle these guys back to the plateau, he paused, so that both Clover and Tegan could voice or glare their displeasure about being spoken of like they were little pups still if they wanted, but though his voice sounded serious, his face wasn't, so will see you when I see you.