"I do understand why you're here," he says with a slow nod, "but..." he looks up at her, "I have spent the time since I read this? Making myself not message Jacobi. To ask if he knows a way to demolish a castle underwater."

He glances down at the file.

"...there is not a person in this file. Other than you? I don't want to punch in the face. Repeatedly." He looks back to her. "You deserve better. You deserved better."