"Yeah, no, I can get her back here," he answered with a wave of one hand, "I'm the son of the Paine family. They have to let us back through. I just... have to be careful the wrong people don't hear me givin' my name. You know?"
There was more to it than that, and Eithan knew it. Even so, it's not like he was withholding information about how dangerous this was just so Oliver wouldn't worry. He was doing so because he genuinely didn't want to think about it, so he wasn't. This whole thing depended on just how much of a threat the Order thought he was...
He shook his head. "But it's okay. Really. I'll get her, and we'll get back here safe. Nothin' can stop me from protectin' her."
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There was more to it than that, and Eithan knew it. Even so, it's not like he was withholding information about how dangerous this was just so Oliver wouldn't worry. He was doing so because he genuinely didn't want to think about it, so he wasn't. This whole thing depended on just how much of a threat the Order thought he was...
He shook his head. "But it's okay. Really. I'll get her, and we'll get back here safe. Nothin' can stop me from protectin' her."