[Kaine hadn't been sure what to think of his, for lack of a better word, co-conspirators, but that response brings out the barest hint of a smile.] Fine, but I draw the line at decoder rings.

[And then they get serious again and the smile fades.] What Hawke said. Some people think there's danger in every shadow. Others delude themselves into thinking the shadows don't exist at all. Either way, at the end of the day, they're still paranoid and an idiot.

[The more they dance around which one of them is going to say "we have to kill the president" out loud, the more Kaine feels that now familiar knot in his chest tighten. Though he knew from the beginning that woman sent them into a no-win situation, the fact that they're reaching the point of no return is hammering that fact home. He doesn't like any of their options, and he hates even more that he barely knows the people he's making this incredibly important decision with. Even if they did seem to be taking this as seriously as he is.]

So we're fucked if we do and we're fucked if we don't, basically. We make a wrong move, powder keg goes off. We do nothing, it'll take longer, but powder keg goes off. With or without us, this place is going to explode.

...The only idea I have is the one we're all thinking of but no one wants to say.