I figure maybe they'd put it off. Tell you sure, you can go home in the future as a reward, but not yet. And then keep putting it off. Just a few more missions, then you're good. Oh, well, you didn't do so well on the last one, so you're gonna need to add another to the total.

[He shakes his head, looking back over at the Musketeer.]

Never any outright lies, never any outright truth. Pretty much the way they operate.