"Yeah! Would you believe he managed to keep his head on straight when the other SOLDIERs went wacko?"

There was a laugh in his tone, relieved that his friend hadn't gone down that path again. With nobody else around and the world literally falling apart at the seems, it would have been hopeless otherwise.

"I think he's back at base, if you wanna talk to him. I'll let him know you're cool by me, yeah?" Adjusting his grip on the infant, the man pushes himself into a hover, spreading out both wings to better ride the currents.

"That is, if you can keep up."