He's not precisely surprised to see Coop, all things considered; he'd been surprised when he'd first put the pieces together a few days ago, garnering bits and pieces of information that added up to a startling picture when he did his job and put them all together. Harry'd seen him. A little girl with distant eyes had said he was here. He never talks to Carmen Sandiego if he can help it (and he usually can), but she would've said the same thing, probably.
The thing is, there were people here who were desperate to see Coop. Ones who were falling apart without him. What's her name, the raggedy girl with the punk crow, she was a wreck when he turned up missing. Harry's been a mess. Miss Scarlet up and disappeared and he hasn't seen the broad in months.
Albert? He's handling it okay. It's not like they're attached at the hip. They're coworkers. They see each other when they see each other, and when they don't, they don't.
It's not unusual for Coop to go off on a mystic adventure, and Albert to only catch up later. That's how they got here in the first place, isn't it? It's not like he won't catch up someday, too.
It's not like he's been handling it badly. He's just had work to do.]
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He's not precisely surprised to see Coop, all things considered; he'd been surprised when he'd first put the pieces together a few days ago, garnering bits and pieces of information that added up to a startling picture when he did his job and put them all together. Harry'd seen him. A little girl with distant eyes had said he was here. He never talks to Carmen Sandiego if he can help it (and he usually can), but she would've said the same thing, probably.
The thing is, there were people here who were desperate to see Coop. Ones who were falling apart without him. What's her name, the raggedy girl with the punk crow, she was a wreck when he turned up missing. Harry's been a mess. Miss Scarlet up and disappeared and he hasn't seen the broad in months.
Albert? He's handling it okay. It's not like they're attached at the hip. They're coworkers. They see each other when they see each other, and when they don't, they don't.
It's not unusual for Coop to go off on a mystic adventure, and Albert to only catch up later. That's how they got here in the first place, isn't it? It's not like he won't catch up someday, too.
It's not like he's been handling it badly. He's just had work to do.]
It's about time you turned up, buttercup.
[But there's no work more important than this.]