"We have a history," he says, plain and simple. It does not take a genius to scour back through the journals and find them talking to each other here and there. If anyone bothered, they could probably piece together where Legato was staying for the time he wasn't in the castle. He doesn't think he has anything to lose by saying they've known each other for longer than those three days in his room.

But he won't let it sit with just that, smirking a little and tilting his head into a half-shrugged shoulder. "And let's be honest, watching the Good Guys fumble around with his case is just short of painful. They're too inclusive... Or too stubborn. They're afraid of risks, it's pathetic."