"That's about it, yeah," Jake replied. Technically, leaving out Tobias wasn't lying. Just leaving out some of the truth. "I also heard about you from Marco, but I'm going to try not to let that color too much of my dealings with you. Although it's kinda hard, considering what I've heard."
He paused to let that sink in and folded his arms over his chest. "I also want to make this pretty damn clear: no one gives my people orders without running them through me first. We're a team and we've been together for years and I am not letting any of them get killed because of something somebody else decided we should be doing. Second: I don't want you telling anyone else about us. You already gave up Rachel and Marco, which means that the rest of us are probably outed as well, but for whatever it's worth, I'm putting my trust in you not to give the rest of us away."
At least if they got killed on his orders, he'd feel like he was in control. Like he'd had a chance to stop it. And he was making sure Kang knew where he stood.
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He paused to let that sink in and folded his arms over his chest. "I also want to make this pretty damn clear: no one gives my people orders without running them through me first. We're a team and we've been together for years and I am not letting any of them get killed because of something somebody else decided we should be doing. Second: I don't want you telling anyone else about us. You already gave up Rachel and Marco, which means that the rest of us are probably outed as well, but for whatever it's worth, I'm putting my trust in you not to give the rest of us away."
At least if they got killed on his orders, he'd feel like he was in control. Like he'd had a chance to stop it. And he was making sure Kang knew where he stood.