[ his focus . . . getting his focus . . . there’s something that falco does consider, but he withholds the thought to himself. it wasn’t a sure way and he wasn’t supposed to tell anyone to start. what if he could quell him for just a minute? what if -60 attacked him instead, was it better than attacking connor? and what about the other way around—?

it’s something that he ends up pressing away, for now, ducking his head and telling himself to think things through one step at a time. the first: ]

After we find him, I’ll go back home. I’ll try and talk to Mister Connor— if I get a head start, I think I’ll be fast enough. I just in case.

[ and that was a start. ]