Hughes noticed the attempt to run, which may or may not be why he sprung himself on his friends when he did. "I'm always working," he counters with a grin. "An intelligence officer is always on the clock." Even if said officer often wishes that wasn't true. He likes to sleep in too, damnit.

"Your future?" That gets his full attention. He lowers his coffee mug to eye Ghost and then Blaze in turn. "What do you mean by 'reconsidering your future', exactly? Should I be worried?" If they can't tell he already is, then they're blind to the change in tone and shift of posture to something a little more closed in.