Informing Logan of what happened went about as well as Patton could expect.

“You did what??!!”

Patton nervously rubbed the back of his neck, “I let one of the humans see me?” 

“I heard you!” Logan exclaimed, pacing back and forth now across the scorching surface of Venus’ land, “That was a rhetorical question! Why?! You know we can’t do that! They can’t find out the truth, don’t you realize what could happen? Do you have any idea what damage you’ve caused!”

“Well… yes but -”

“But nothing! There was no reason to do that! If anything, that gives us more of a reason to try to send them back home!” His words sped up; it didn’t even look like he was talking to Patton at this point, he just began babbling to himself. “Maybe we should just encourage them to leave now. Yes, the Jovians may resort to violent measures, but maybe they weren’t that wrong, especially if they know we exist. They can’t stay! They’ll search! Humans are curious like that! Or worse, who knows what could happen, I don’t -”

“Logan -”

“This isn’t even just bad for us, actually! Whoever saw you - Their life is ruined! If they tell someone, they will become a joke and called crazy. If they tell no one, they will feel crazy! You’ve ruined -”

“I saved one of their lives!” 

Logan stopped at this. Patton was staring at him with wide eyes, looking unsure and scared of what he was going to tell him, yet somehow still confident in the truth behind his words. He sighed, and continued, “Saturn came to me…” He said slowly, quietly, cautiously… “He told me that Jupiter and Uranus put their pilot into a coma. They went too far and he knew it, but he couldn’t undo that or they’d...Well, I don’t know what they’d do, and neither did he. But we both knew he couldn’t undo that, not himself.”

“I thought they agreed on letting them live?” Logan said, though it sounded more like a question.

“They did, that was their reasoning.” Patton explained, “They put them in a coma, they didn’t kill anyone. But the humans don’t have the technology to heal anyone of that, not with something as powerful as Jupiter or Uranus being the cause. They knew it too! That poor pilot would have lost their entire life. Just like that,” He snapped his fingers.

Logan was quiet for a moment, as Patton knew he sometimes got when he was deep in thought. He let several moments pass before he spoke again, “Only one person saw. Just the captain or leader or something like that of the ship, Thomas Sanders.”

“Why him?” 

“I’m honestly not sure…” Patton said softly, frowning, “I just… They were about to give up on the pilot for the trip, and then turn around to get him help back on Earth. Someone needed to know he would be okay so they wouldn’t turn around.” Patton smiled timidly, “And he… he reminded me of Earth, just a little. So I went with my gut and let him see…“

Logan sighed, but not out of the same enraged frustration as before. His tone was much gentler this time. 

“So you didn’t have to show anyone, did you?”

“I guess not…” 

“Well…” Logan paused, hesitantly speaking his next words. “Next time let me know first, okay? I could’ve helped you come up with a safer course of action. And…” More hesitation, “You really didn’t need to do that alone.”

Patton smiled, sprinted over and hugged his friend tightly. Logan loosely hugged back, still unsure of this even after billion of years of his friend’s clinginess to others.

“Thank you Logan.”

Logan nodded briskly, before he cleared his throat. As if on cue, Patton let go and looked up at him. 

“So, you said Saturn informed you of this?”

Patton nodded, “Yeah, he came by earlier. Though…” He smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck, “I don’t think he wanted me to tell anyone though?”

“Well, you’ve told two people now!”

Logan and Patton turned around, and saw Roman appearing, a grin on his face. Logan scowled, “Mars!” he exclaimed, “How long have you been there?”

“Long enough,” Roman shrugged, “But you two were having such a serious and sweet conversation, so I figured it would be considered rude to interrupt. So like the kind and generous friend I am, I waited and gave you guys time to finish!”

“Falsehood. You just wanted to eavesdrop.”

“Pshh,” Roman swatted the imaginary conversation away with his hand and changed the subject. He turned to Patton, eyes sparkling with excitement, “So did I hear that right?? They know about us now??!”

“Well, one of them knows about me - “

“Great!” Roman cheered, “That means we can talk to them now!!”

“It does not!” Logan interjected, staring at Roman as though he were insane (though, at times like this it seemed he actually was). “You will not go see them!”

Roman narrowed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest, “And why not? If one knows, the whole ship will anyways. It’s pointless to try to hide, so I see absolutely no reason not to create an amazing opportunity out of a bad situation!”

“If by turning a bad situation into an amazing opportunity you actually mean making the situation ten times worse, then I agree with you,” Logan spat, “We cannot and will not speak to them. One human saw Patton one time, that is as bad as it will get!”

“We haven’t spoken to a human in two thousand years!” Roman argued, “Come on, they’re great! I miss them! It went fine last time!”

“Uh…” Patton said slowly, “Didn’t ‘last time’ end in them thinking you were a god?”

“And what’s wrong with a few temples?” Roman mumbled, stubbornly avoiding eye contact. Logan facepalmed.

“Okay, this conversation is over.” He announced, beginning to walk off. He turned to look at Roman one last time, “You will not speak to any humans, do you understand?” 

“Yes Mom.” Roman mocked, rolling his eyes. Apparently satisfied with that response, Logan disappeared, leaving Roman and Patton alone.

There was silence for a few seconds. 

“You weren’t actually agreeing to that, right?” Patton asked after several moments, a glimmer of hope hidden in his words.

Roman grinned, “Course not!” He laughed, “We both shall visit them… tomorrow!!!”