The soft burst of breath from the mask came before any words, hands forming delicate, harmless fists and then splaying back out at his sides.

"I am confident it was her and I alone, up until the point that the comms died, whereupon I assume Lachesis registered compromise to their integrity that she was unwilling to ignore."

Agonized. Just. Actually pacing a little and not even above the floor, gesticulations this side of frantic as his mind races ahead of what he wants to believe, to the conclusion inevitable.

"I don't know what she did."