Before the Rollback, Knot had picked up, so I'll continue from there.
Alastor sounds like he's walking. There are muffled city sounds in the background.
"I'm on my way back. I'm in a bad way. But, uh... you should see the other guys. I think the rest of our guys are okay. How y'all holding up?"
Because uttering the word 'bomb' or 'kill' into a cellular phone around a terrorist attack sounded like a fucking terrible idea.