[There's a short moment where her expression stays fixed before it folds lips turning up into something that might be a smile if it weren't so twisted, head tilting, just so. And it says it all, of course. If she'd attacked somebody- somebody Tess cared about, which would be the only reason she gave a damn about this at all, she wouldn't be here standing in front of him now with only hushed words and a sour look on her face.

Not this time, at least. Six dealt with himself, went missing straight off, but it had been a hard thing not to pull the trigger on him when she'd had the chance and she hadn't been on ground nearly as solid then.

Not that she says anything like that.]

Not quite. Hinata's got some kind of deal with her. His blood in exchange for her protection.

[Her protection. Tess doesn't chew her lip, but she does shift back slightly, smile slipping off her face.]

He says it ain't much but- [but he doesn't know anything] that could change. I just want to make sure she's not got something else on her mind.

[Which is as good as admitting her own guilt. Because what she doesn't say is she made him stop. She didn't even ask him to.]

Can't exactly go up to her and bring it up, either, since it's meant to be a secret. Figured you could keep tabs on the situation.

[She doesn't think he'd let Hinata get hurt. Babysat him well enough. Worried about him, even if he'd done it in the most backwards way he could. And Tess could keep as many eyes as she wanted but at the end of the day there's no guarantee she could stop someone with skills like that. Try as she might. The dirty little truth of this place.]