Panel 1: Marie has dragged Nico off to the Davies College basement for some privacy.
Marie: Okay, we've ditched the peanut gallery. Talk.
Nico: I wish I could.
Panel 2:
Nico: I simply wanted to check up on you. I can't tell you anything.
Marie: Really?
Panel 3:
Marie: I just said I wasn't sure I trusted someone you're apparently desperate for me to help. You're not going to defend him?
Nico: I can't.
Panel 4:
Marie: As usual, that could mean so very many things.
Nico: I practise being cryptic in the mirror.
Alt-Text: It gives the facial muscles a good workout.
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