Meister curled up, and Ragdoll obliged him, bending and twisting and relaxing into a posture that no one should be able to achieve, much less relax in. But he was splayed comfortably around and in some cases over William, as if utterly boneless, and while some parts of him complained that he'd been doing much of anything over the past two weeks, they would quiet as he rested.

"Hmmm." He made a tuneless humming noise, considering the offer as William's breath puffed against his skin. "If it comes to that, you could. But they wouldn't expect it of you. They're more decent than they'd like to admit to being, really." Just because he was nearly always irreverent didn't mean he was unobservant. "And, strictly speaking, Scandal likely thought she was paying me back. Knockout and Mr. Bane just accompanied her."