At least he managed to get Tony back. Through his evidently exhausting speech, Tony continued to pace and wave his hands impatiently, so when he stopped it was with the tension of a coiled spring, all of that motion held back behind a facade of a careless hand on his hip. For some people, giving your word mostly meant buying himself some time for a greater betrayal.

"Hold on--" was easier to jump back to, free hand up to wind the tape back. "Don't tell me you don't want to go home, either." Keith didn't make it sound like he had even imagined that was a possibility. Like he thought the ships were the final destination.