She gives him a very brief look of wide-eyed mock shock, but isn't in the mood to keep that up at all.

Sighing, she shakes her head. "Especially for someone who's never killed anyone on purpose herself before. But Coil's never going to let Dinah go, and I can't leave her with him. He'll use her up. She's 12. I tried bargaining, tricking, buying- everything I can do. He's the one who decided it's him or me.

"And Shatterbird killed thousands of people like- days ago, in my world. Not her first mass casualty event, either.

"My dad was almost one of them."