[Private | Hackable.][the communicator clicks on to the immediate sound of shuffling followed by quick, but quiet footsteps. then, a door opening and closing.]
...
[Axel audibly sucks in a slow breath. A little bit more rustling - sounds like material sliding over the mic - and then--... a heartbeat. it's muffled, faint, but it's there.]
[TEXT]
...a heart. Never thought I'd see the day.
[/private]
[voice]
[quietly, as if he's trying not to be heard.]
I...owe you one, Ace.