"Wow, sounds like I missed a lot!" It sucked that he hadn't been in the battle with the rest of them...but maybe he still would be in the future? That would give him something to look forward to. "That must have been totally awesome! I hope I'll be in a battle like that some day." He paused. "I mean, of course it's not awesome what happened to Belikov." Mason had huge respect for the man, and was shocked that someone so god-like could fall. "But still..." He still wished he'd been there.
Mason raised an eyebrow skeptically. "He's drunk all the time, always hitting on girls, and I think he was putting the moves on Rose back home."