"Your Jake, he, uh. He didn't really talk about it much, changed the subject or just didn't answer any questions when it came up on the network. And then I saw how he was looking at people at the big meeting and out at Tommy's house, I saw how he looked at me. So I'd guessed it was pretty bad from that," Jake said. "He didn't stare at Tommy like 'Holy shit, I'd forgotten you used to have that much hair', it was more 'Holy shit, you're not dead'. So I didn't ask. I didn't think it was information I'd need during the attack on the Spire, y'know?"
He stood up straight after that, stuck two fingers in his mouth and whistled as loudly as he could. Banshee nudged at his mind over their bond a few seconds later. "Banshee's on his way."