[ Hey, it's just him and Grell.

But the moment he catches sight of the change in expression on the boy's face, his own becomes unreadable. Almost as if he's also scrutinizing it. ]

See, that's what I figure. We should have been given a heads up from the board, yeah? But last I hear, Mister Sutcliffe and I were packed off to the Campania quick as you please. If the world was going to be destroyed and all, you think they wouldn't have put us on holiday beforehand.