"From the sounds of things, yeah." He sighed. "We've been through a lot together, though. We'll be able to handle this."

Except he wasn't sure they could. He could act confident to strangers and pretend everything would be under control, but he didn't know how they were going to stop the people after Ronan. There had to be a way, of course, he just hadn't been able to figure it out yet. This wasn't as simple as blackmailing a teacher.