Basil was quiet for a long moment, not daring to respond to her. He then looked worriedly toward the direction that Jace had taken off in. "Shouldn't they have been back by now? If they're not back soon, I'm going to go look for them." 

	"That boy ain't going nowhere," Leith said, prying Jace's fingers from his throat. He then shoved him away. "And like hell he despises you. He looks at you as if you're the sun and he's just revolving around you. For God's sake, you fucking mole, he told us that his whole reason for doing this is for [i]your[/i] sake! Well, his and his dad's. But for you to act as if he'd suddenly hate you for going a little wacko on the Chems for a minute or two is just plain stupid." He gestured toward the camp. "Now, Kaye and me will get out of your hair just as soon as she's satisfied with her payment for her services. I'm just her guard, okay? But until then, we're stuck together and you're going to have to deal with it. Now let's go back, you and your fun-sized packet of denial can make up, and then we can be on our merry-goddamn-way to Vault Over the Fucking Rainbow!"