"No," he said quickly, eyes skirting away, "I just...want to be able to keep doing what I'm doing." Man, he was selfish wasn't he? He was hurting the Caterpillars and his father by starting this whole thing, but he didn't understand why he couldn't have both.
Alex lifted his hands and spun around pointedly. "You see any weapons or wires or anything? I just wanna see you, that's all. I waited as long as I could." Except for that one time he'd snuck home to just...look, but his father hadn't been there then.