[the longer he takes the more convinced she is that he's mad, so by the time he gets there she's sort of shrinking back between gerard and haru, hiding under her cape.

but she'll speak up when he speaks first.]

Kaveh, um. You don't really have to promise not to be mad. But if we tell you about this, and you tell anyone else, then...we'll probably die.

If you don't think you can be okay with not telling anyone, then we can not tell you, and we can agree to not be an alliance anymore. And you can be mad. Just please don't get us erased, or it will all be for nothing.