[ vax gives him a little bit of an unimpressed look when he changes the subject because this isn't ABOUT HIM and his dissassociatively murderous brother in law this is about these two teens but there's no heat to it.

and when he acquiesces, he ruffles his hair. ]

Good. Just don't think about it too long, yeah? Told Bass that once, too. People like you and Percival need people like me and him around.

[ aka people who don't linger on decisions and just fckin yolo into things directly. ]