Fabian Aramais Seacaster biting glass and driving a flying demonic pirate ship into a building because Riz was gone a couple of times? Like, all the Bad Kids were feral about their wee buddy being gone, but it really gives “you were gone so I panicked” golden retriever energy.
I think in any and all ‘Riz is missing’ scenarios Fabian consistently over reacting and abandoning all pretense of control is a hilarious character trait. Sklonda, for fucks sake, was less panicked when Riz disappeared cuz she’s like “Right, I’m afraid, but my son is a badass who generally gets himself out of tight spots. I’m gonna rally to his last location and follow the clues.”
Meanwhile Fabian’s brain empties and only the thought, ‘I WILL SAVE YOU, THE BALL’ possesses him immediately. Hilarious. I think he unwillingly imprinted like a duck on the first person to completely and unconditionally want to be his friend and it can’t be undone. No, he won’t examine it. Sorry, Riz.