Suzie takes a seat, seeming to fold in on herself, thinking, trying not to look as vulnerable as she feels right now.

Letting him that deeply into her mind is a dangerous thing, and long training tells her to run as fast and far as she can.

But he's offering her a safe, stable place to retreat, to regroup, to keep from breaking so much that she'll be ineffective when reaching Jack. And no matter what she chooses here, she's still going to Thane. He'll still break her, if he doesn't kill her.

...I'd like you to try, if you could. Please. I can't make any promises as to how well I'll take it, and I know that it won't be pleasant for you, but...

I need the advantage. If it could help...

She chuckles a little, and it's not a happy sound.

I never thought I'd be the self-sacrificing sort. There's a whole future I never got to that says the opposite, in fact. Funny how things work out, isn't it. It's pointedly not a question.