[The answer is more frightening than the question, and Hughie doesn't doubt that Homelander means it when he glances over to the skyline.
He doesn't need to be told twice when told to hang out; he reaches out and clings, trying not to consider the possibility of his 'accidentally falling from the sky' too closely. He is super awkward and uncomfortable, but he manages not to freak out too badly when Homelander lifts off and flies them to the famous Vought Tower. In the twenty seconds it takes them to get there, it certainly does occur to Hughie how likely it is he might never actually make it back out alive.
He's relieved when Homelander releases him, straightening up and trying to...well. He's not exactly in the best position to try and make himself look presentable, is he?]
Isn't the point of you bringing me here exactly because I'm a killer, though?
[Classic Hughie: looking a gift horse right in the mouth.]
[ There's something almost admirable about the way Hughie insists on staying in the hole he's dug for himself despite Homelander's repeated attempts to help him out of it. It's frustrating, no doubt, but more interesting than the legions of people out there who would turn into spineless cowards the second he glared at them.
He's starting to understand how this guy ended up being the one to kill Translucent. ]
The point of me bringing you here is that I need to know what happened. I need to know, and nobody else. Not yet. [ He looks Hughie in the eyes with a stern expression. It wouldn't completely surprise him if, at this point, Hughie walked up to security and said 'hi, I'm a murderer'. ]
I'll escort you in so you can get cleaned up. Let me do all of the talking. Got it?
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He doesn't need to be told twice when told to hang out; he reaches out and clings, trying not to consider the possibility of his 'accidentally falling from the sky' too closely. He is super awkward and uncomfortable, but he manages not to freak out too badly when Homelander lifts off and flies them to the famous Vought Tower. In the twenty seconds it takes them to get there, it certainly does occur to Hughie how likely it is he might never actually make it back out alive.
He's relieved when Homelander releases him, straightening up and trying to...well. He's not exactly in the best position to try and make himself look presentable, is he?]
Isn't the point of you bringing me here exactly because I'm a killer, though?
[Classic Hughie: looking a gift horse right in the mouth.]
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He's starting to understand how this guy ended up being the one to kill Translucent. ]
The point of me bringing you here is that I need to know what happened. I need to know, and nobody else. Not yet. [ He looks Hughie in the eyes with a stern expression. It wouldn't completely surprise him if, at this point, Hughie walked up to security and said 'hi, I'm a murderer'. ]
I'll escort you in so you can get cleaned up. Let me do all of the talking. Got it?