[Roy's hand curls tightly against Maes's jacket as he speaks, jaw tightening.]

Of course. You figured it out long before the rest of us, and even that was a lot of dumb luck.

[He drags his other hand over his face again, grimacing with a faint blush as he wipes at his own ear tracks. Grumbles a little.]

You're hilarious! I was pulled right out of the hospital; I had to scare one of the Americans into giving me some decent shoes,