"Well, given that what it took to drop me in to be lizard chow is something benefiting you, I can imagine a lot of reasons you might,' she points out, at least being gracious enough, of a sort, to keep her voice down.

That doesn't mean she honestly thinks he did this, but dammit. When he starts that sneaking and looming, she reacts on visceral instinct and then it just turns to near stabby things. One day she may actually realize how much she should read into that and accept it really does take two to make a baby.

"Do you know the only reason I believe you on that? Because you wouldn't have done it without mom. Because even you wouldn't risk answering to that. And if she was here and you were hiding her? She'd have gotten away by now, and we both know it."

Which is about the only reason she backs up a step, moving to drop the pen on the book she's been writing in.

"So... What do you know? And don't bluff me. You don't live like you all have without learning every little detail you can. So spill."