"Great. Um... I just need to... let me go tell Gene that you're here. So it's not a surprise." So Gene doesn't have a heart attack. "Just a sec."

Tony smiles and then scoots away before his dad can protest. There's no good reason for his dad to complain about Tony giving Gene a heads-up, but... just in case.

He walks several meters away to stand under a nearby tree, and pulls out his radio handset. He punches in Gene's handset code. "Hey, Gene, I need to talk to you. Pick up if you're there."