13445/Feeding Frenzy

Feeding Frenzy
Date of Scene:	26 November 2022
Location:	Central Park
Synopsis:	Venom flees, his hunger temporarily sated as his fellow symbiote is left to explain in his wake.
Cast of Characters:	Eddie Brock, Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers, Andi Benton

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Eddie Brock has posed:
Venom swung through the buildings, black inky webbing shooting out of his arms and enveloping around any holding it could find before propelling his heavy frame forwards. His swinging wasn't very graceful, being more like throwing himself forwards with brute strength than the acrobatic movement others seemed to prefer. He couldn't care less.

Especially now.

A toothy grimace decorated his 'mask'. His tongue lolled in the air behind him as he let out heavy, steamy huffs. Tiny tendrils danced across the surface of his shadowy skin, grasping at the air as if in desperation. Venom was starving.

Startled screaming followed in his wake as people noticed the black beast soaring above their heads in the mid-day sun, the sound ringed at his head and made him snarl in agony. Eddy was knocked out by the sonic blast that had blinsided them, and Venom had taken out his rage on the people responsible- but even devouring them whole wasn't enough to sate his hunger. He needed more.

His host would no longer reign him in, for the time being at least. He still prevented himself from just murdering people in the open streets. The cacophony of terror that would no doubt ensue would be too painful.

The beastly symbiote landed- or crashed- at the entrance to New York's Central park. The people around him quickly made themselves scarce, and he was left to lope forwards into the much more tranquil- and silent- park. A small crowd of people stood frozen before him, and a hungry grin found itself on his face.

An elderly woman suddenly found herself being held aloft by the beast.

He would even be nice about it. End it quickly. He was too hungry to play with his food.

He unhinged his jaw.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
She had been in Central Park for a separate SHIELD operation that she had been en route to. Upon seeing the figure that she identified after a few microseconds as Venom, she would calmly go to tag her comm <<Aborting mission, priority target civilians in danger, Symbiote>>. That quick alert given - her mission wasn't so pressing that she had to go on with it and leave the woman to her fate or to others..
    Natasha goes to dart along to try and approach quickly. She only has a few seconds here that she can work with before Venom goes to break the woman's neck..
    She can't use her Widow's Bites as she'll catch the woman in the backblast and likely kill her.. So Natasha goes to take out a large sniper rifle that she had hooked on her back. She barely has time to aim.. But she's also perhaps only a couple of hundred meters away. The shot won't even if it hits do much damage to Venom..
    Her shot aimed over at the head of him, where hopefully it would impact and the heavy round -pop- right through his skull like bursting a bubble. It might slow him for a few seconds before he would regrow his head, but it would definitely get his attention! OF course, if her shot hit.

Steve Rogers has posed:
Over in nearby Avenger's Mansion, Steve Rogers is just filling up his coffee mug in the Assembly Room. In uniform, he'll be spending the next four hours on monitoring duty. Though JARVIS can handle a lot of the monitoring, one of the Avengers is always there both to provide human decision-making, and to be able to respond immediately.

The latter being called for as JARVIS's English accent speaks up. "Captain Rogers, Agent Romanov is engaging a symbiote in Central Park. She reports civilians are in danger." The message prompts Cap to set down the coffee cup and grab his shield. "Notify the standby on the duty roster," he says as he rushes for the express elevator that will take him to the motor pool.

Moments later a motorcycle is roaring out of the mansion's gate, weaving through traffic at high speed as the Manhattan streets between the Mansion and Central Park are covered at a rapid pace.

Andi Benton has posed:
Mania is close to Central Park, but a few blocks away when the police band she's tuned into through a phone app - very useful tool, that - pipes up and identifies none other than Venom, tied to some sort of problem.

"Damn it," comes that dual voice of human and Klyntar, and her patrol becomes something else very quickly.

<<Andi>> How long has it been since we saw him?
<<Mania>> A long time, Andi. A very long time.
<<Andi>> Yeah. The last couple times..weren't great.
<<Mania>> We should help him. He might need it.

For whatever reason, Andi's relationship with her symbiote has been different than Eddie's with his. Different circumstances, different influences, different emotions, different control. Now, it sounds like it's become a problem again.

Webbing is shot out from Mania's hands and she swings out from the buildings, letting momentum carry her toward Central Park. In contrast to the way Venom does it, her movements are more graceful, indicative of the one she learned from: Spider-Man himself. En route, there is a gunshot that sounds out, enough that Mania flinches just before crossing over into the park, and it isn't hard to tell where the trouble is as people are running away from it. A few of them stare at her and hurry in a different direction. "It's another one! Run!"

A clawed hand rubs over a mostly featureless face, no mouth visible right now, just the white eyes and spiky hair. "Ugh." She hurries closer.

Eddie Brock has posed:
The woman screamed as the black maw drew nearer, and Venom could almost taste her soft flesh. Her terror wafted off of her in a tantalizing aroma that he just couldn't resist. Perhaps it was due to his enrapturement that the symbiote's reflexes were slowed.

Venom reacted as the a gunshot echoed across the park. A little bit too late, a little bit too slow, and he found himself whole minus a gouge on the top of his head.

With a groan of frustation and anger, that quickly grew into a roar, he turned to face his assailant. Perhaps he would've recognized her, had he the clarity of mind- But the symbiote was too ravenous for such a thing. Instead, enraged, he bellowed: "YoU aRe GoING TO pAY foR thAT!" His voice was sibilant and warped, distorted. Missing the human quality that Eddie would normally give.

Dropping the woman, morsel forgotten, the monstrous symbiote began a slow jog that turned into a full charge at the Black Widow, his eyes almost glowing with starved rage.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff is meticulously familiar over with the files that SHIELD and the Avengers have on the Symbiotes. Their speed, their strength, their reaction times. All in tehir favor. ALl well, well, well above her own. Natasha's well aware she can't evade him, she can't escape, and she can't survive in close quarters. And in the clear areas o fthe park there's nowhere she can run. SHe's quickly backpedaling. No time to switch over to her Widow's Bites. That takes energy and efficiency away from running in twisting her body.
    All she can do is go backwards as fast as she can without tripping and hope he slows down or is too busy raging at her to kill her immediately.

Steve Rogers has posed:
As the black inky symbiote is nearly in range to maul the SHIELD agent, suddenly there is a roar of a motorcycle's engine as Captain America hits a sloping lawn at high speed to launch the bike into the air.

It jumps high enough to clear the Black Widow, where Cap grabs the handlebars in mid air and forward-somersaults himself and the bike! The bike swings beneath him and then back up to the top, where Cap releases it, adding his strength to the bike's original speed to launch it as a heavy airborne missile at the charging symbiote.

Cap lands in a crouch, reaching back to pull his shield off his back. "Agent Romanov," he says formally as he rises to stand beside her. "Thought may be you could use an assist on this one?"

Andi Benton has posed:
Are those..two of the Avengers? Sure looks like it.

"Damn it," Mania once again says, and both hands clasp against the sides of her head, a visible show of conflict when it comes to what to do about this. The Young Avengers have become a thing recently, and the 'parent club' already knows about her and much of her history in being mentored by Spidey.

Getting within sight range of Venom isn't tough to do. He's pinpointing himself with his anger and shouting, and the smaller, more lithe 'version' can hear that more singular voice: the symbiote's.

<<Andi>> He's out of control.
<<Mania>> Mmm. It is a sight to behold, Andi.
<<Andi>> No! Focus! That's not a good thing! If we did that, you know how bad it would be?
<<Mania>> Yes. For them. We would--
<<Andi>> What we're going to do is try to keep anyone else from getting hurt, or worse. You remember we're the good guys, right?
<<Mania>> ..we do. We are strong. But we could be even stronger.

Just dealing with Mania's eagerness to influence Andi's thoughts about this is one thing, but they've been joined together for a couple years now, been through a lot, had more agreements than otherwise.

Would that change this day?

As Captain America launches himself forward, with the motorcycle, Mania veers off toward Black Widow. "You need to get out of his way," she calls over to her. "Unless you are much tougher than you look. He has gone wild."

Eddie Brock has posed:
A large shape loomed over him as Venom charged, and with a snarl leapt sideways to avoid the motorcycle crashing down on him. He landed on the ground, rolling a few times before springing up to his feet, his claws- now sharper and longer- digging trenches into the dirt as he did so.

His head snapped towards the crashed motorcycle, before turning to stare at the interlopers. A small part of him flashed with familiarity at the strongly built man with a shield, but when his eyes settled upon his fellow symbiote, running towards his prey...

"ThIs iS MY PREY!" He shrieked. In his mind, all he saw was a rival. A scavenger come to steal his prize. He leapt forwards, seizing a large piece of metal from the fallen vehicle, and hurling it at his opponents. "I'M GOING TO RIP YOU APART!"

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Going to duck underneath the thrown piece of debris, Natasha doesn't have time to reply over to the warning from Mania and ANdi. She's just at a point now where all she can do is defend herself, attack, and try and slow the thing down.
    She does however have those few tenths of a second where she can grab out her main weapons.
    She goes to fire a trio of Widow's Darts at Venom.
    Small grenade-like things which had extremely potent tasers within, capable of dropping almost any individual that did not have enhanced endurance and heavy armor. Of course, whether even if they did hit they would do more than slow or annoy Venom.. Or if he simply didn't crush them in midair.

Steve Rogers has posed:
Once the charge at Natasha is broken up by the motorcycle-turned-missile, Cap moves to flank Venom. Not just trying to distract him away from the Russian spy, but also to open him up to attacks he won't be as able to counter.

Cap's gaze goes over to Mania, one eyebrow going up as rather than joining Venom, she tries to be helping, or at least warning. "I'm afraid we can't do that..." Cap says, words halting for a moment as he briefly regards Mania and her more feminine shape, as symbiotes go, "... ma'am. Not when the people in the park are in danger!" Those people in the park are mostly scattering. Though a few are slow, or just plain stupid and standing around with their phones recording."

Cap takes a step forward for momentum, and hurls his shield toward Venom, aiming it to bounce off the ground and then hopefully strike him coming up from below before rebounding back to Cap.

Andi Benton has posed:
"We said out of his way, not running away. Do you know what he is capable of?" Mania shouts Cap's way as the time to react dwindles rapidly. "We are not trying to eat her!" she adds for Venom's benefit, no matter the probability of it getting through to him right now is low.

As Venom flings the chunk of metal in her general direction, she generates a glob of sticky webbing that ends up sent at it to deflect and slow its path, then she leaps to one side as Black Widow goes back on the offensive and Captain America throws his shield Venom's way. "You need to calm down!" She tries to appeal to whatever side of Eddie might be in there, shut away. "You are better than this!"

Eddie Brock has posed:
Seeing his improvised cannonball miss, the symbiote's anger flares once more, before noticing the small projectiles being fired towards him. With a scoff and a twisted grin, he extended his arm into a shape more similar to a lengthy tentacle to bat them aside, when he is blindsided by another attack he failed to notice.

Again.

Venom roared as the shield hit his face, throwing his arm off course and allowing the small tasers to stick to his chest, electrocuting him. The tendrils on his skin lengthened and began whipping around in a frenzy, and soon enough the Widow's Darts were separated from his body.

The scavenger spoke to him, but her words were lost on him. He was too angry, too maddened to listen, and as far as he knew he was being taunted.

"I wILL NoT be MOCKED!" The frenzied Venom shouted. "I neeD to EAT!" He roared, clutching the sides of his head, before breaking into a sprint at the one who had hit his head. Captain America. His tentacled arm pointed towards him, and a thick web shot towards the man, landing behind him.

"And you are first." He growled, before using the webbing to hurl himself forwards, claws extended to break into a flurry of swipes as soon as he reached the captain.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
The shockers just go to slow Venom, with about as minimal effectiveness as she expected, even if she'd hoped for better. Very little of ehr eqiupment will actually do much to him. So it's time to switch it up. She still has the sniper rifle on her after all. Her AP rounds will do very little against Venom, they're designed to go through light armor and vehicles, they'd just shoot right through him and he'd heal up in seconds. But hollowpoints..
    Natasha goes to load up her sniper rifle with a heavy hollowpoint round; the type that's designed to detonate at impact and 'erupt' like a popping balloon.
    <<Taking shot, right side, tenth of a meter up from your flank>> Cap is fast enough to dodge it and Venomis focused on him.
    Time to see if this might at least -slow- his healing factor, provind it does pop a bit of him.

Steve Rogers has posed:
Having received forewarning, Steve Rogers rolls to the side to avoid the first blow and the bullet both, but then has to raise his shield to deflect another slash of claws that rake over his shield, the vibranium up to the task of turning the blow aside.

Captain America swings the shield, bashing the edge into the symbiote's chest but likely not harming him, though it slows the next blow which Cap has to again turn aside with his shield. Another slash is dodged, and then Venom throws a shoulder into Cap, launching the Avenger off his feet and through the air a dozen feet to hand heavily on his back on the concrete.

Rolling to his feet, Cap winces slightly but doesn't allow more than that brief expression as determination fills his face. "We didn't come here wanting to fight you. But you can't... feed on people," Cap says to Venom, the shield held ready to defend himself.

Andi Benton has posed:
In the midst of the tangling between Venom and Cap, as Widow tries to keep the large symbiote off balance, Mania moves in to try something of her own. "Give us a minute. Go find some food. Preferably raw."

Meanwhile, she lobs a small mass of webbing at Venom's face to get his attention one way, vaulting off the ground with a handspring to leap up toward his back. Hands grip at his shoulders if she can gain purchase, the visual threatening to look like a twisted bucking bronco sort of thing.

She hisses at him, a line forming to reveal her own fangy mouth and tongue, "Get a hold of yourself! We were saving this for us, but you need it more!" From somewhere within herself, she produces a chunk of chocolate that is subsequently shoved at Venom's mouth. "Take your medicine. We cannot protect you if you get yourself captured. Wake up!"

Eddie Brock has posed:
The symbiote's brief flight was interrupted by a loud bang, and as he swiped at the supersoldier the bullet hit his shoulder, digging into it and blowing apart a large chunk of symbiote matter, which rained down around him as he pushed back the captain.

Still, he rose to his full height to loom over the captain, perhaps pushing a bit more of his essence to his feet in order to appear larger, before raising a claw. His mouth twisted into a rictus grin full of daggers as he spoke.

"LaMbs HAve no saY. To THE slauGHTer you g-!"

Then, a sudden weight settled into his shoulders, and his head snapped up to see a face not too disimilar from his own. She yelled something, before shoving down some object down his gullet. So surprised he was, that by the time he chomped down in outrage her hand was down and the chocolate swallowed.

It was bliss

Twisting and thrashing, he focused his tendrils to rise up his shoulders and whip at the woman over him before attempting to grab her and throw them away. His shoulder wound, previously healing slowly- for his standards, at least- began to quickly knit itself closed as Eddie stirred slightly within the living suit.

Unfortunately, this only increased Venom's appetite, and locking his gaze with the other symbiote, he instinctually rushed at her for more.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
There's a hiss along the Avengers comm-net from Natasha to Steve <<Suggestions?>> Even as she's going to fire out another duo of Widow's Bites over into Venom from behind as he goes to leap at Mania. They've only slowed him down slightly so far, but hopefully it will be enough to let Mania dodge him or be able to defend herself.

<<None of my current eqiupment will be effective at containment or dispersal without unacceptable levels of collateral damage and there's not much useful in the environment to be effective on him>> She's made no move for her guns so far beyond the rifle.

Steve Rogers has posed:
Clearly the second symbiote is helping, and so as Venom goes after Mania, Steve throws his shield again, trying to distract or slow the larger Klyntar as best he can.

After it rebounds back to him and he catches it, Steve lowers his voice, speaking behind the rim of his shield to help keep the words private to Natasha. <<Fighting might not be the solution here. If he needs food lets get him something other than people. Butcher shop outside the east entrance nearby. Can you grab something from it that might sate him enough we can negotiate?>>

Steve repositions himself, making sure he stays between Venom and any remaining civilians. Who he turns towards and waves, yelling at them, "Get out of here, you're food to him and setting him off!" Most listen, and the ones who don't, others start pulling them away too.

Andi Benton has posed:
There is an internal debate Eddie might be familiar with one way or another, depending on his own level of control.

<<Mania>> Fight, Andi! Show our dominance!
<<Andi>> What? Are you crazy? He'd stomp us into the ground! We aren't that strong!
<<Mania>> You have never let us show what we are truly capable of.
<<Andi>> If it means going around like that, you really think that's the way?
<<Mania>> It is the way of our species, Andi. The strong survive. The weak get eaten.
<<Andi>> And we're getting him to wake up! Stay focused! Remember everything we've learned!

One way or another, Venom dislodges Mania from him and as she's thrown or shucked off, she twists to land nimbly on both feet and one hand to steady herself. "Oh, that was not enough?" she says, coming up with another good-sized piece of yummy, yummy chocolate. "You are going to owe us later. We were looking forward to this."

Be that as it may, she shaves off a piece for herself before holding the rest up. Hopefully it's enough of a distraction that his predatory instincts don't kick in to send him chasing after people who are running away again. "Come on. Eyes on us. Control it." She's staying more human-sized and shaped, a contrast to the wilder, animalistic nature Venom displays.

Eddie Brock has posed:
As Venom charged, he felt the shield hit his body before rebounding- but whereas it might have made him stumble a moment ago, the revitalizing food he obtained granted him back enough strength to mostly ignore the hit, tongue flicking in annoyance as he briefly glanced at the captain.

As soon as another block of chocolate was produced, though, Venom's focus was entirely focused on his perceived rival, even going so far as to begin galloping on both arms and legs rather than running, his slobbering tongue, previously extended, now trailing behind him. Almost like a dog.

A lunge, and he was face to face with Mania, clawed hand extended to seize the block of carbohydrates- and her arm with it.

Natasha Romanoff has posed:
Natasha Romanoff would glance over at Steve <<Well, what sort of things would this eat? Bulk food.>> She would call out to Mania, "What does it need?" Maybe the other Symbiote has an idea and they can come upw ith some sort of parley if they get an idea.. She calls out to Venom.

"We're willing to cooperate on helping you find alternatives to.. Consume.. IF you agree to stand down and cease attacking civilians"

Steve Rogers has posed:
<<Well it's trying to eat people, so probably anything in the butcher shop would be a better alternative,>> Cap replies. He maneuvers around behind Venom, feet carrying him across concrete walkway and into the grass on the other side, as the Klyntar's attention is on the chocolate. And, apparently, on Mania's arm.

Captain American rushes forward, foot going onto a bench to turn his rush into a leap as he slams down the shield towards the shoulder of the arm that Venom is grabbing Mania with. As he swings the hard blow with the shield edge, Cap exclaims, "We have a saying here about not biting the hand that feeds you!"

Andi Benton has posed:
Delicate moments, seconds where this could go either way based on any shift of motion. "Chocolate. Meat. Chocolate-covered bacon. All good," Mania says, while drawing Venom's attention. Black Widow seeks to negotiate as the symbiote-led creature literally bounds closer to her. She almost /did/ throw the chocolate. Maybe she should have?

The hand is drawn back and she crosses her arms as Venom gets in her face, trying to stare her down, to claim the tasty morsel. "Stop!" she shouts, but it's unclear to whom she is speaking. With the other Klyntar's attention squarely on her and the treat, Captain America has a chance to put himself in position to make a sneak attack, if only he knew what she knows about symbiotes and how their awareness works.

All the same, she shifts a hand to swarm tendrils around Venom's arm closest to her, tugging them both to the side of Cap coming in with the shield. She /is/ stronger than she looks. "Do not attack!" Mania calls, but in the same moment she passes the chocolate into Venom's free hand.

Eddie Brock has posed:
With a surprising burst of strength, the Venom suddenly found itself in the backfoot as it's arm was suddenly tugged to the side, where he might have spun on the spot to impale the shielder bearing down on him. Instead, in a small flight of panic, he prepared himself to disembowel the other symbiote before the captain hit his back, unbalancing once more- just enough for something to slip into his hand.

Without hesitation, he shoved the thing down his mouth and swallowed it whole, before springing backwards. Waves flowed along his skin as the raging tendrils across it's surface began to calm and settle down- his mouth even fully closing for a second as a second mind ignited inside of him.

   <<Eddie>> "What... Venom? What is going on!?"

   <<Venom>> "Eddie! I'm so, so hungry! Help me kill them!"

From outside, it might have looked as if Venom's form had started to dissolve, briefly revealing the human inside- though thankfully just the back of his head- before suddenly it- they- springed up, claws at the ready.

   <<Eddie>> "Is that... Venom is that Captain America...? What did you do!?"

The symbiote didn't answer.

"Where... Am I?" They spoke, their voice no longer distorted- though still warped. "What happened?" Venom said as he turned to look around him. His eyes briefly linguered on Mania, before settling on the Avenger with a growing sense of dread.

"What did I do...?"

Steve Rogers has posed:
"What you did," Steve Rogers says towards Venom, "was try to eat a woman. And after that failed, us." He has his shield at the ready, but adjust his stance to be a little less aggressive looking now that Venom seems to be talking rather than attacking.

He glances around, the park having cleared. Flashing red and blue lights reflect off the nearby buildings, showing that police cars have arrived outside the park. And indeed, offers can be seen moving to take up some positions on the pathways. But seeing two Avengers present, they do not move in, preferring to not get in the way.

Andi Benton has posed:
"Central Park. That is where." Mania's arm reshapes back to normal in a nearly 'blink and you miss it' moment, then she places herself between Venom and Cap with both arms extended. She's seen the fluctuation in Venom's appearance. Not good. "No more fighting!" she urges, head turning back and forth toward both of them, but more attention is on the former than the latter.

"What happened? We do not know, just that you were in here out of control, trying to attack everyone! We gave you chocolate to get you to wake up. We knew something was wrong," Mania tries to explain, speaking in a more standard way in the sense of still having that mouth, moving with each word.

She adds, "But we do not know what caused it. Do you remember?"

Eddie Brock has posed:
Eddie did remember. It was hard not to. One moment, he'd relinquished control to Venom in order to handle a few crooks, and the next was the loudest noise he'd heard in his entire life. Enough to melt away at Venom and reach him, and without the suit to protect him, his eardrums blew and he was knocked out.

"...Noise..." He muttered simply, before shaking his head and standing straighter. He looked at Mania- They hadn't met in a very, very long time. Briefly, he entertained the idea of staying, to talk with them, and maybe asking for an autograph from the war hero, but he knew better. Relieved he apparently had killed no one, he briefly turned inwards as another voice spoke to him.

   <<Venom>> "I'm still hungry, Eddie!" Venom nagged him.

   <<Eddie>> "Shit."

"I must apologize for my behaviour." Eddie said, sincerely, but for some reason his fellow bodymate twisted the words to sound exceedingly sarcastic. With a glance to the surrounding police, he continued. "But I am afraid I cannot stay."

His arm snapped towards the park's gate, a thick rope of matter shooting past several officers who dove out of the way. He turned his head towards Mania with a smile. "It was nice seeing you again, kid. You're not so bad for a runt." They spoke with a grin, before shooting off like a cannonball.

"Do come visit uncle Venom sometime!" He drawled as he flew away with an almost mischevious grin.

Steve Rogers has posed:
Captain America moves to try to stop Venom before he can get away, but there's really not much he can do to catch the fleeing Klyntar once he has launched himself out to swing and bound away from Central Park.

He lets out a sigh and looks over to Natasha. "Stopped him from killing anyone. It's a win. good job, Natasha," he tells her. The man's true blue-eyed gaze turns towards Mania then.

"Thank you for your assistance. Wouldn't have thought to give him chocolate," he tells the smaller Klyntar, Cap turning to glance towards the now distant figure of Venom before he's completely out of sight.

Andi Benton has posed:
Solid, exaggerated white eyes narrow at Venom's singular word 'noise.' That much, Mania understands. There's a muttered curse under her breath at this, and a clawed hand runs through spiky hair that is still soft enough to move with the brushing motion.

"You are fortunate we were here, or it might have been much worse for someone. For a runt, we have much better control than you do," she says, a hint of a harsh tone in the words, mouth sculpted into a scowl that fades away by the time he's calling himself 'uncle Venom' to her, in front of the pair of Avengers. That's because the mouth has disappeared, leaving the narrowed eyes and her body language, arms crossed again, the only giveaway as to her mood.

She turns back toward Captain America and Black Widow as Venom carries himself off over the heads of the staring police, and she remarks, "Something bad happened. Venom was in total control. We know a thing or two about it, so we tried something instead of fighting." There's enough doubt in her tone as to the outcome of such a fight, and she scuffs a chunky, flat heel against the ground. "Chocolate is..good for us. Better than some alternatives. Let him go. He needs to, uh, rest. Without more trouble."

The question that doesn't get asked aloud is saved instead for the one who would know best about things like this.

<<Andi>> But how much trouble did he just get himself into?
<<Mania>> Perhaps we will find him again and we can see for ourselves, Andi.