"You were saying you stayed in a place where you felt like you didn't fit because of someone important," Joe finally elaborated, bracing his toes around the center leg of the table and leaning in his chair, so that it tilted back on it's hind legs. "...even if you feel like you didn't really belong there. To look out for them."

Then, glancing away, he tried to pass the offhand comment as casually as possible.

"...It's sort of funny, how Axel's still technicially working for the Organization, isn't it?"