The guilt weighed heavily on Markus's heart as he really processed the fact that he had just left you back there at the Stratford tower. The place where he no doubt believed that the police were searching for you, and if they found you,

He wouldn't ever forgive himself if you didn't manage to come back home.

Of course, his contemplative silence would be interrupted by North's presence. While they agreed on the sentiment of the silence and loneliness that the abandoned bar granted them, he couldn't tell if North really cared as much about the absence of Simon as he did. He does not wish to paint her as a bad person, but the fact that she suggested to kill you back there...

He didn't know how it happened, but he definitely left that snowy opening of the abandoned bar out of his own frustrations and occupied mind. So much that he found himself going to Jericho, and finding you alive. His eyes widened as he gazed at you before he didn't hesitate to take the bold step forward and embrace you tightly.

"You're safe," you could hear him safe, "Thank RA9, you're safe, Simon..."