She tilted her head at him, muscles tensing ever so slightly. "You are very close to people I care about. You are trusted by people I care about. Is that trust misplaced?"

If the answer was yes and he answered honestly, Karla would let him vanish and never say a word against him. If it was yes and he lied to her now and then later proved to be false...

Well. That was for later, wasn't it?