Eliot keeps trotting up the stairs as Danny answers, then veers into the spare apartment next to Hardison and Parker's when he reaches the top. He doesn't like the way Danny sounds at all, and when he finally mentions Steve his stomach twists sickly.

This is it, he'd half figured Danny just wouldn't call at all once his Sentinel got a whiff of him and expressed his displeasure in person, but this had been the second most likely outcome in his expectations: calling to let him down. He doesn't let anything come through in his voice when he answers, though.

"I'm sorry t'hear that. How're you doing?"