... I understand.

[ishi exhales a heavier breath, there, shaking his head.]

I do trust them, and they are smart, but it is also undeniable that they're willing to do what they think they must. They've proven as much before.

[he still remembers everything they'd said when there were only innocent people to vote for.]

I won't tell them anything about you, Nito. You have nothing to worry about there.

I do not think we are as close as I had perhaps thought, anyway.