[Newt remains unbothered by the big cat doing his cat things. Monsters have never really freaked him out, and he's got too much other stuff to be worried about right now.]

Uh, yeah, guess you could say that... I don't know how serious they were about this, but, uh. They're pretty sure I killed Jacopo, and they were talking about throwing me under the bus at the trial this week. To prevent having to vote for a Reaper, they wanted me to take the fall.

[He swallows.]

I... I get why they'd ask that, especially since they're so sure I've got blood on my hands, but... I can't. I can't do that to Hermann. [It's the first time he's sounded honestly scared through this whole conversation. He straights after a moment though, back to business.] And besides, I think we've proven ten times over that we're useful to this game. Taking us both down just to avoid voting for someone "innocent" would be a greater detriment to everyone in the long run. I don't think we have the luxury to worry about things like immediate guilt versus innocence anymore.