"I do trust him to handle himself, and I'm not handing my boyfriend over to Juliano," she sighed, rubbing at her eyes. "Putting him anywhere near SOLOMON scares me, because I do trust the Father. I trust him to do whatever needs doing to keep the mission on track, even using a human like Romeo to do it, if he needs to."

"He doesn't dislike Romeo. I think he's actually rather fond of all of you, in his own way. That's part of the reason I'm so scared to have him there."

There. She'd admitted it. Maybe now the world could start to make sense again.