He startles at the laugh. It's an eerie, humorless thing and it goes on longer than he expects. Jon can't help but stare.
Then Tim gets it under control, and his summary is... not wrong. There are still significant pieces of information missing— Melanie and the Slaughter, for one— but it's... not wrong.
"I didn't say we'd been doing well." He runs a hand over his face and through his hair, which just succeeds in pulling strands free of where he'd tied it back. It only makes him look more tired, more rumpled.
"It was very much a mess at the end. Elias walked out of prison. The Institute was attacked by Hunters, and— and the Not-Sasha was let free again. A lot of people were hurt." A lot of people died. Their coworkers from Research. He's seen the footage, now. "Daisy turned back to the Hunt so she could fight, and we haven't heard from her since. Basira is trying to track her down. Martin and I got away to Scotland. We were in a safe house, before— well, before Deerington. It's been a few months since then."
He's aware this doesn't explain Martin, and Peter, and the Lonely. That feels... even more difficult to untangle and explain than the rest. And then there's Deerington.
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Then Tim gets it under control, and his summary is... not wrong. There are still significant pieces of information missing— Melanie and the Slaughter, for one— but it's... not wrong.
"I didn't say we'd been doing well." He runs a hand over his face and through his hair, which just succeeds in pulling strands free of where he'd tied it back. It only makes him look more tired, more rumpled.
"It was very much a mess at the end. Elias walked out of prison. The Institute was attacked by Hunters, and— and the Not-Sasha was let free again. A lot of people were hurt." A lot of people died. Their coworkers from Research. He's seen the footage, now. "Daisy turned back to the Hunt so she could fight, and we haven't heard from her since. Basira is trying to track her down. Martin and I got away to Scotland. We were in a safe house, before— well, before Deerington. It's been a few months since then."
He's aware this doesn't explain Martin, and Peter, and the Lonely. That feels... even more difficult to untangle and explain than the rest. And then there's Deerington.