"Athena," he implores with a bob of his head, a rare enough occurance on it's own. "You-" He sighs again and rubs at his forehead.

"You've already been through a lot. These idiots, they're.. They're not worth the trouble that they'll bring you. Let me.. sort it out. Where they can't use you against me, where they can't disable me by threatenin' you."