[ The question takes her off-guard — the tone, the request. There's no face for her to look at, no expression to read, but there's a shake to her own for displacement. Her throat goes dry.

It's not like she has a great record protecting people, does she?

When she does manage to answer, her smile is a little wane. ]

We're all in this together, right? So of course...

... But... if you say it like that... that means it's possible he could. Is that right?

What happened to him?