Bringing one leg up and crossing it across the other, he turned his torso in the other direction, stretching his sides and his back. He brought one arm around to stretch his shoulder and neck muscles out as well, and then did the same thing but in the opposite direction. “To tell you the truth, I’m not sure they’re capable of tracking each and every one of us twenty-four seven. A few weeks ago, I got into a fist fight with a guy. Remember when I had those bruises all over my face? Never got in trouble for it.”
Tyki had deserved it, as far as he was concerned. Bullying was something that Derek just would not tolerate if the bullying was happening to one of his people. And Reid was one of his people. Then to hear that the psychopath had even thought about speaking with Penelope after treating Reid the way he had, well… Derek had his reasons not to like the guy. But to his knowledge, neither of them had been reprimanded for the violence they’d laid on each other. It was strange. “Maybe when they’ve got too much goin’ on, they can’t keep track of it all. Like they can only run so many programs at once or somethin’ like that.”