... I understand.

[And he does.

It's obviously not the same as whatever Newt and Hermann have going on, but he'd defend Mary to his last breath and cling to the outside of Erasure by his claw tips if it meant making sure she never had to deal with anything like it. He's thought, now and again, that Partnerships are almost like a curse; this is the first time he's really thought that maybe they're something else.

Lenka settles back on his haunches again, tail waving gently behind him like a flag. He's still listening intently, sorting through their ways out of this.]

You didn't kill Jacopo. And without you, we wouldn't have most of a trial's information. [it occurs to him, briefly, that between himself and Newt they have perhaps a little too much power over the evidence; but he dismisses that, because it won't help] It's true that our biggest problem is how to get through the vote.

[And Magnus and Taako have a lot of influence, between them. He respects them, of course he does, but...]

How much do Magnus and Taako know? About the rest.