"Missed this, too," Martin will supply in easy answer, but Jon's followup statement is what has him lifting his face from the pillow to stare at Jon with slightly widened eyes. "So, um- Tim and Melanie and Basira?"

Because Elias already knows, doesn't he? Of course he does.

Martin seems a little more awake now, at least. "You aren't afraid they'll, er- talk?"