Despite all that, it was kind of hard to stay down for long in the wake of his smile. And it was nice to hear that they weren't giving him a hard time because of the mark. "Pfft, that's a good idea. Kinda wish I'd thought of it before." Not that it mattered now. "Do I wanna ask how you're buttering them up?"

Did she? Pidge honestly wasn't sure, given the nature of this place. But just the way he'd said it made her think it probably wasn't a bad thing. "So what now?"