[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=b93c3c]Arcturus Hale[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.imgur.com/6m4RMDb.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=b93c3c]Location:[/color][/b]  Sci-Tech Building 4 - Medical Ward
[b][color=b93c3c]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A[/center][hr]
Before, Arcturus had thought it had been a quirk of the program, a glitch, and if not that then someone's musings on HYDRA. Now he knew the truth. Riviera hadn't been a friend of his, so there was know way he could have known. Or, well, he might have had a way [i]now[/i], but he held a great distaste for the idea of invading another person's private mental sanctum to uproot all their darkest secrets, although he could make exceptions for those affiliated with terrorists.

This intrusion happened on SHIELD's watch. How could they not know one of their prospective agents was working for the enemy? That alone concerned him the most.

He paused, briefly, in his musings on the organisation's security measures when he heard the belated news of Antoine's untimely end. Deeply uncomfortable with death as a concept and unsure of how one usually comforted friends through the sudden onset of grief, given that he'd never experienced it first-hand, Arcturus wisely decided to stay quiet for now on Niah's loss. Rhodes had that covered. Antoine was not someone Arc new well, but everyone brought in to undergo the transformation were competent at the very least.

When they settled into their new roles, or during a quiet moment in the following days, he would bring it up with Niah –– in private. For now, he offered her a sympathetic frown, as no words came to mind, and squeezed her shoulder as he passed by to see the rankings.

Alpha Team, huh. Just one more thing to worry about: expectations. Not that he was complaining. While he would miss Nikolova, Arc was just glad to have Agent Abercrombie's competent leadership to look forward to.