[ Faolan runs a hand over his face and sighs heavily. He's a bodyguard, he works security, he doesn't have time for -- whatever sort of game the Mayor seems to be playing with them here and now. At least Laurent seems to be having fun with it. Then again, of course he would. Any chance he could get to terrorize the innocent. That's probably not fair, but Faolan's experience of the younger man hasn't exactly been wholly positive, since accepting this assignment.]

Given that alien abduction was on the list of possible means of kidnapping, the whole thing seemed pretty far-fetched from the start.

[He sighs, scrubbing his face again.] How much trouble do you think I'll be in if I just. Pretend to care.