( He seems, at the very least, to acknowledge this risk without trivialising it, head gently bowed before he serves the nod: )

I imagine it will be a calculation from you and your cohort not on whom you can trust, in particular. ( A glint of teeth, broad: ) Trust no one.

( And then, equally conversational, sinking into a seat and leaning back: ) But on who you believe can guard you safely.