Percy heard the call over the earring and deliberately ignored it in favor of finalizing a blueprint for an attachment to his independently mobile device liberated from the space station. He had had a long time to consider his response to Scanlan's actions, and somewhat less time to re-examine his feelings following the bard's appearance here.

They had not appreciably changed.

Finally, an hour or more later, he hadn't been keeping track, Percy put on his coat and holstered Animus, then walked down to the lobby. Inside, he spotted Scanlan immediately. He walked over and with barely a pause said, "Come with me."