There's the urge to call that bullshit. If Laurent had had to run away from the country, going back wasn't going to be an option just because he'd finished whatever he was working on. But then, maybe the war that was going on would be the answer. Either way, Richard isn't feeling antagonist enough to push it.

"Bit of both," he says, instead. "I like to know the details of a situation. Preferably before I land in it." Hadn't been an option, clearly, so here he was playing catch up on an entire world. Productive, at least. "My brother's the one actually climbing the walls."

The Geckos don't do well in confinement, but Seth was the one with a history of it.