"No, Mick. I caught you." He waited for a moment, then decided to clarify. "Relax. You're not my captive. I'm just figuring out how to best play this game." There were a lot of variables and he wanted to make very sure he wasn't a pawn. Never again. Bad enough he'd ever been played by the time masters. "I told you. A speedster pulled me out. The speedster. He seems to be under the assumption that would make me loyal."