Rob appeared from the direction of the storage building within about four seconds of this announcement, which suggested he had also been keeping half his attention on the gate.
"Welcome back." Rob said, with the simpler and more contained warmth that was his version of the same relief his brother had expressed with considerably more volume.
Mob came around the side of the main building at a pace that was slightly too fast to be casual, his broad face arranged into the specific expression he wore when he was trying to look like he had not been concerned and was not pulling it off particularly well.
"Any trouble?" He asked.
"Not more than expected." Neil said.
Mob nodded, satisfied by this in the way that people who have done difficult things themselves are satisfied by honest understatement rather than reassurance.
