It takes Eliot a second to realize that Hardison's very clearly not used to violence, especially personal violence in close proximity, being a Hacker keeps him very far removed from anything like that, and he feels sorry for him--

--and he'd probably feel a lot more sorry if he wasn't beaten and lying on the ground and unable to do much except growl, can you help him out instead of complaining? Danger is a thing, get over it.

"P-probably."

Wait, rumor mill?

"...d...dammit, H-hardison..."