"That is what they also thought on the expedition," he says, his voice having dropped to something more quiet.

Billy glances ahead of them. Thankfully his and Hickey's house isn't too far off - they should be safe there, though their walk seems to have been luckily more quiet after that previous encounter.

"Until the cans went bad, against their expectations. A fact that they tried to hide from us. Cornelius happened to find out." Not really so much 'happened' as much as 'Cornelius is a sneaky rat who loves listening in on stuff,' but given how gossipy and nosy Billy himself is, that's one thing he can't really fault the man for. "It was already too late for me at that point."