"Oh, really?" His face had dropped, this kid could have been helpful, if all these other trigger-happy nut jobs got themselves killed it would have been nice to have a backup plan. He put the facade back on. "Chin up, anyway. We've got our own personal vanguard by the looks of it, I'm sure we'll be fine." He ruffled up Dan's hair with his hand and got out a lighter and packet of cigarettes...