G couldn't help smirking a little, listening to his brother. He'd asked for his opinion and wasn't at all surprised when it came in the form of a full debrief. In a strange way, the fact they were doing this all in Romanian, which forced him to think in Romanian, helped to push the clamor inside his head further to the background.
"Sounds like things have been just fine without us," he said once Robert finished. He was mostly teasing. But no one had worked this well together when they left. Hell, he and Savannah hadn't even been working. "Yay team, huh?"
"Alright, so we have politicians that can't be trusted because they are politicians. Nothing new there. I am surprised Marks was able to get their sons to come back. When they left, I was sure that was the last we'd see of them. Depends on when that particular romance bloomed, most likely. But, with both you and Marty speaking for them and Savannah naming her son after one, I suppose they get a chance. That's not you, though, Rob. Money, entitlement, lifestyle, maybe there are similarities, but you you had one advantage they didn't. You had your mother. From what you've told me about her, she built you up, made you stronger. She never would have spoken to you the way theirs did when Thomas first made the decision to go off on his own. Makes a difference. Getting away from that may have been the best thing for the two of them.
"The other three proved they have no honor or loyalty long ago and left as soon as it was more convenient for them. So, it doesn't surprise me Vance had to do clean-up. How many people know about that trip or the reason Vance made it? And why are hospitals out of the question?" G had lost all respect for them the minute he found out they intended to keep his brother's child from him if it had turned out to be Robert's child. He had never said anything or let on to any such feelings, knowing it would undermine the way the team functioned. But, he hadn't been sorry to see them leave. There was something else bugging him about that incident, though. "You said Marty and Douglas were the ones taking out the serial killer? How messed up did that make him and how long ago?" Marty was a cop, through and through, no matter what Hetty had wanted him to be. G had a pretty good idea what the other man's limits were and assassination, which is what that amounted to, was not within those limits.
"And why were hospitals being out of the question an issue? They never should have been an option."
He smiled a little. "You know, Sam and I have always said that Savannah and Sean working together with a single focus would be a dangerous proposition for the rest of us. Savannah's always pushed. It's why we set the limits we did at the beginning, force her to stop and not do everything or be everything to everyone." When things settled some, he'd have to have a talk with her, see how much further they'd need to talk her down if she'd spent the last five months trying to take care of his team. "Dom and John have their work cut out for them now. But, there won't be any forgetting he has a son on my watch. Bolton took out a bullet with his power, hm? Imagine that.
"Nell doesn't surprise me. We let her outside the office once or twice back home and she took to it well, fearless." That fearlessness was one of the reasons he'd been worried about the signs he'd seen last summer, signs of trauma he knew too well, too personally. But, she'd seemed to be steadily improving even before they'd left. "What exactly happened with Reese? The version we got was sketchy. Thomas was playing? Music or some kind of game? And it triggered a flashback where Marks was shot? It might help if we had some idea of what could be triggering. The last thing we need is something triggering him out there, especially if his instinct is to go for his gun. And I've always known the key to getting Kinney to cooperate was John. I knew it before Kinney did. The rings are a surprise, though, being who he is."