[i]Seeing the looks Jason and Talath took, MJ got both curious and a little cautious. His own mind was purely synthetic and technological, so he didn't have a tangible conscious that Aiyanna could contact -- quite unlike the dog body he had inhabited before. And so, he decided to ask.[/i] [b]"Was I, uh... supposed to hear something? Because I... well, I didn't."[/b] [i]Jason snorted rather robustly at his son's words, grinning widely at the way he had said them and at his general reaction. Knowing the seriousness of the situation, however, he was quick to get serious again, wiping the smirk off his face.[/i] "Basically, she doesn't need you for her pups and won't force you to do anything. You're free to go, I guess." [b]"That's settled, then,"[/b] [i]Came MJ's reply, every bit as cold and blunt as Aiyanna's words had been, his laced with even a very slight, distant tone of nonchalance, though that could've just been because of the simplicity in his answer.[/i] "Aye. Now, let's go do what we were doing, hmm?"