Alina is learning fast that people in this world can be say everything and nothing in a single breath. It's like getting pieces of a story from many different people in the wrong order. Everyone already assumes you have the last piece, so they continue as if that's sense enough.

It's not.

But what they get is what they get.

Once they've exhausted the man of questions and gotten the answers they're going to get, Alina settles back to let go. The smirk is done with them. It's all that needs to be said to let them know that this is one secret they're barred from. If he even knows the answer. It's always hard to tell.

Five is a step ahead of her, though, and he's already back in front of the man. "Five!" Alina snaps at him harshly. "We're not doing this. We're not spilling any more blood. He answered our questions, now we take him home."