[ it's fine, it's cool. he can say whatever he wants to her at this moment and she'll deal with it. he has an excuse for such behavior, she's not going to think twice about it.

but his desperation draws it out of her. the last bit of information she was keeping, the thing she fudged. a lot. ]

She knew them. Whoever did this to her. Bela didn't struggle until she was bound.

[ she sets her hands in her lap, fingers fumbling with the fringe on the sleeves on her kimono. ]

It's all I have, Adam. But it's a start.