"Ever since things went wrong with the mission with Nakia, I've made sure you and I have worked together on anything even remotely dangerous," she points out. "You helped me plan out every inch of Monte Carlo, and it was a milk run. But I still came back to find you'd decided on a spontaneous trip into the woods and got attacked by a werewolf."

She shakes her head at him again, a stubborn set to her jaw. "We both know you won't just be chopping wood and working with Elder Ayemi. And we both know your idea of 'careful' for yourself is different than it is for me. So, no. It's not a good enough deal for me. Not yet."