[maybe one day they'll talk about this and commiserate on their mutual compulsive guilt complex.]

Nah, don't wanna get you in trouble. I think I've smeared Aegis's name enough without bein' accused of corruptin' other agents. [he shrugs a little, grinning awkwardly.] I'll let you know if I think of anything.

[AND WITH THAT: it's a couple days later when finn gets a text letting him know archie's ready to talk about The Smorch and also an apology for making him wait so long.]