"If all this was, was traveling, maybe I wouldn't complain either!" Gen lied, thinking about the people at home who needed him. Who likely thought he was dead or abandoned them, by now. "But there's a lot of hard work, and pretty dangerous missions, and it's harder to avoid the dangerous stuff than you'd think, too."

He rubbed the back of his neck. "It'd be safest to just hide on the train, but the cabin fever gets much too strong for me. I need to stretch my legs."