Xaver smiled, very slightly, at Cody - and the effect completely overpowered the forced, tough mask. It was a gentler side of him, he rarely expressed in front of those he didn't like, namely Conan, but, for Cody's sake, he smiled anyway.
"Hey Cody."
He looked at Conan again, then.
"Do sign the papers, then, if you would."
Xaver knew.
Of course he knew.