Jason cuts a glance at her. She's so small, for all her urgency her footballs on the path were muted, and it's not until she speaks that Jason truly bothers to register that she's there. It's far from his usual, vigilant practice, but he figures...if certain capes want to sneak up on him today, he's in no shape to stop them.

"I never left," he says. "I was just." Pushing a hand through his hair, Jason sighs. All that time to think, and he's yet to come up with anything like an excuse. "I needed some time."