Ed came back soon enough, or as soon as he figured was necessary. Yeah, sure, Charlie was in a hurry, but it wasn't his friend who'd decided to be an idiot and come back here, and anyway hunting was something that couldn't be rushed. He was still convinced she was being just as much an idiot for this plan to save his ass as the kid was for leaving the other city in the first place.

And so it was that he eventually sauntered back, casual as you please, licking the remnants of breakfast (dinner? Dark made the labelling of meals a little tricky) from tacky fingers as he came.