[He stays extremely still as she maneuvers, not sure at first exactly what she's doing, but when she's settled into place he lets himself lean into her oh so slightly. This kind of contact is very new to him. But he can't say that he doesn't like it so far.]

Yeah. He. We've been partners in crime since I was a little older than you.

[He butts his head gently against her]

Even if you don't believe my criminal street cred.

[Whistler and Mother had been paired up long before Bishop ever came knocking. In fact Whistler couldn't do much of what he does without Mother. Whistler was the ears and the cunning, Mother was the eyes and the strength.]

I hope I'm not. I'd really rather not die with the headline 'Blind man crashes into building'

[And more than that, he doesn't want to think that he failed his friends]