[Anton's first impulse is to go and get him anyway, but the immediacy of the desire makes him pause and wait until it's leashed. The crowds haven't been doing Erskine good, and he doesn't sound as though he's in trouble. He sounds apologetic that he can't be where Anton is, but as though he expects to be able to sleep where he is.

[Bakura's dojo. Anton had seen them speaking well on the network.

[... Ah. It's been a while since Anton had felt this kind of ambivalence. The desire to make it all better, vying with the wisdom of knowing there's nothing he, personally, can do. That Erskine's in better hands. It doesn't feel any better, for not having been felt in a while.]

Your job will be waiting for you when you get back. Probably quite a few spiders, as well.