Tom looked at the little girl intensely. "Everything is shut down right now. Lying to you would do nothing. Now is the only time I could be honest." Tom turned back to Five. "Please, Five. If I can put up a convincing lie for HQ then in the future I can protect others like you. If it comes out I let you go, I'll be sacked." [i]or worse[/i] "Trust me I'd rather not get hit in the back of the head."