That goes both ways, annoyingly. John's luck wasn't that great, and he'd probably get home and find that Todd's Hive have attacked in their absence. Hopefully that hasn't happened. "We need to establish some code, or a secure channel, that gives away neither of our locations. Just to leave dates that we are free, or say something has come up." Otherwise they would be forever missing each other. It is risky, but as long as they don't over use it, no one should bother to check it out.

"I'm going to stick with the story that I've met someone on a different planet, otherwise I am always going to have a team to get rid of." He smiles. "Time apart can't hurt as much, now that I am not trying to pretend that you don't exist."