There's no answer this time, and Phi is pretty sure she knows why. She's not sure how else to interpret that look that he gives the Peacekeepers. It hadn't been her intention to implicate them as a reason for his aversion, only to make sure that they weren't being overhear. But now she has to wonder if there's more to this.

"It's alright," she assures him. The look that he gave almost reminds her of a child, terrified of being caught. "You can be afraid of authority without having done anything wrong. There's no shame in that."