It felt threatening then, to look back at the clock tower and consider the line, like Tony was challenging a predator that was going to strike if he held eye contact for too long. Of course he remembered that, down to Echo's reliably steely expression, and the anxiety about what felt then like Cayde's very imminent mortality. Not because of the line, but that was why Tony was... "He was worried about me," he said. "He was going to cut it down." That did not help. Was he starting to panic? This was not a good place to panic. He looked to Cayde desperately, hands up without something to grasp to fix this hole in his brain.