[ Nico isn't the only one who's considered dropping out, but Aidan never felt like he had enough of a reason to do so. This all feels very anticlimactic. He knows Rebecca is working on something on the side, she's talked to him about some kind of organisation apart from the Defence Force and the fact that he was more excited about that than he's been about this for some time says a lot.
He catches Nico on the way out, giving him a solemn nod. ]