Somehow Richter still wasn't quite prepared to see him in the flesh again. Like how from behind, he could almost pretend he'd get that brilliant smile when Corvo turned, that Emmaline would peek out from his collar.

The sullen, tired look he gets wipes the thought in an instant, and he just shrugs.

"Thought you deserved a few days to get your head on straight before I came and bothered you about it," he says instead.