Frankly, if Magpie couldn't get Falcon to listen to him, he'd like to see Drake fucking try. He can't summon a smile. "If you think you can make him listen, then by all means try. He knows I'm here."

Drake is right, though. Magpie knows what obsession can do. The mission is sustaining Falcon, right now, deafening him to everything else. Removed from the team, he'd be even more of a ... well, call it a loose cannon.