[The explanation makes Myri breathe easier. She had imagined that Mark and that man were somehow related, that this was only going to complicate things further. It did, of course, but in a way that was easier to understand.]

None of us can say with certainty what we would have done, if the right threat was placed before us. [She looks at the group around her. Nearly any of them would have been enough to make her do just about any task to keep them safe.]

But you could have tried to tell us, Mark. At least enough to know what we were getting ourselves into... [She hesitates, because secrets are kept sometimes to keep others safe, aren't they? Even with all their revelations, most of them came too late. They were after thoughts by then.]