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Taking a moment to stifle an amused noise, forcing his lips to purse and a neutral façade to take his expression, Jax otherwise seems rather surprised to see the man before him. It had been a while.

There wasn’t much of a reaction when Giovanni was brought up. He did make a quick glance down to his daughter. The young girl not even paying attention to the conversation as she opted to just pet her Houndoom.

“As with every group comes the responsibility of keeping everyone in line.” He nods one hand lowering towards the child at his side. Maddie was quick to notice the movement obediently taking the mans hand before he led them out of the elevator. Buzz sticking close to her. Alert and watching just as he’d been trained to do.

Madison’s tiny eyes look to Archer once they were officially out mumbling a shy. “Thank you” while clinging to her dads hand.

“I have some suspicion that we aren’t the only group dealing with that problem. As of right now though it’s only a hunch.” Team rocket wasn’t the only crime group around, it would be stupid to target only them. A true mastermind would throw a few random teams in to keep people off the trail.

“An outsider? That's a bit surprising to hear, but I’ll trust your judgement on the matter.”

He nodded softly, distracted by his own thoughts as Vexis made his observation.

“They’re dedicated, for what that’s worth. Loyal to a fault. It’s just a matter of putting your foot down when their minds wander a little too far off course. Petrel’s too much of a goofball to be of any real trouble. It’s Proton that worries me. He’s quick with a knife, that one, and I’ve no room to talk there but it’s a matter of keeping out of sight and out of mind for the time being. It worries me that he might draw more attention than we need right now.”

Not to mention the so-called Rocket thugs doing business on their shores, drumming up trouble and keeping the name Rocket on everyone’s tongues, even when it wasn’t actually Rocket doing the things they were accused of. Archer stepped out of the elevator and into the hotel lobby toward the exit, giving a short nod toward the desk lady as they left. A low chuckle escaped him at the hesitation in Vexis’s voice and he shook his head.

“Hey, Vex, you in here?” Delano calls out as he limps into the lab. 

The medbay had been too crowded for Delano’s comfort. He hadn’t wanted to overload the nurses more so he had sneaked off, heading to Vex instead. Delano really hoped Vex was in, that’d mean he’d have to walk to Jax’s office. Not that Delano hated seeing Jax, it was that he had walked more than enough for today.

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“Aquarius! Are you hungry?”