Would you have? A suave, internal voice spoke- cutting persistently at her every standing nerve. She would have, but at the same time, she wouldn't have performed such a heatless act...And that just wasn't a good, reliable answer.

He took a bullet for you, so why not you for him?

Ada breathed inward, released the remains through her nose, and turned to face him: containing another truthful answer.

She wouldn't have taken his life; emotionless bloodshed over something so stupid, hadn't been her game.

Another way would have been found.

"No."