Eliot's smile turned crooked. "You do know better, but it don't mean I'm not glad to see you again."
He shifted, getting more comfortable. "Are you doing okay? I'm not talking about with Deeks or the kids, but with Callen and them UA. You've probably been asked this a bunch, but humor me."
Savannah was all smiles and enthusiasm, but it was her adopted parents who were in another dimension. She was the center cog that connected the spokes of the group, which is one of the reasons why with her 'dead' Eliot's family had chosen to leave. Still, it couldn't be easy being the one who always reached out and maybe not getting anyone reaching out in return.
"I'll admit I miss Callen and Sam already, since I knew I could trust them to do the right thing," he said. He was not pleased with Derek and Emily being gone, either, but that wasn't the topic right now. "I was surprised to get Vance's email, especially since he told us in no certain terms that we were cut off and threatened to kill us if we did anything to draw attention to you guys. Then again, that man changes his tune on a whim; one minute anyone with powers hurting people is our responsibility to deal with, the next they should be ignored and left to do their thing, and it's your own fault if you didn't somehow magically know this."
Eliot was bitching, something he'd told himself he wasn't going to do. He wanted to keep under the radar, protect Eve, follow orders, and wait to find the first dimension they could settle in, since this one wasn't an option any longer for whatever reason.