Omega was insistent about carrying Blue himself, and Owen is very relieved to see that the male raptor is both highly conscious of Blue's fresh stitches and steady enough on his feet to make it inside and up the stairs without incident. He doesn't cast so much as a glance at Gwen's mother. Given his mood, that's pretty impressive, but Owen suspects the world has tunneled down to black out anything that isn't Blue or whatever brings itself immediately to to the hybrid's attention.

There is equipment to be unloaded, and although he's going to have to follow Gwen's lead on a lot of it, Owen starts to unload just to get everything inside while she runs interference on her mother. However, by the time he comes out of the van with the portable ultrasound machine tucked under one arm and makes it to the house, Marie Carruthers is turning to him with a smile that is familiar enough to leave him charmed by it.

"Pleasure's mine," he answers, with a smile that hopefully doesn't look too much like he woke up on a couch. "Thank you for letting us use your home -- if we're lucky, it won't be for too long. Coffee sounds great."