[He could continue to disagree with her on that, but it's not the point. And if there's any way to make Riley worry less then it wouldn't be bringing up all the reasons she wasn't happy. Why this was bad and they all won't be, she'd learn soon enough even if she was trying hard not to think about it right now. Him, meanwhile, it was all he could think about. They'd all have so much time to research, learn, try to fix things before it got to them, too.

And then what? He breathes out.] You worry about keeping Maya safe, all right? I mean-- I will, too... but I can handle studying the Fog God. See if there's any resemblance to any of the other Pantheons. [Because, if there is, he doesn't want Riley to find out about all of those. ] One of us needs to stick around Maya as much as we can, though.

[And she's better for that and they need each other. He knew he was important-- Canada, but Riley and Maya were better with helping each other. Sometimes he was just the awkward kid who didn't really understand things he should.]