[Bold was one way of putting it, but Max was fairly certain that it was more running away. He was good at pretending otherwise, but this whole life grated on him, drove him crazy and he didn't want to put Helios through that either.

The sour tone of Eugene's voice catches him a little by surprise, makes him wary.]

I don't see what the problem is. I'll be out of your hair. Figure out what you're actually doing about Jack and Adele while everyone's talking about my vanishing.