[Mary was prone to more suspicion of her fellow Heroes than others, but here and now she still couldn't do the same with Ramza. The boy was too honest and too forthright, and if he truly had betrayed them then it would have been something he'd have done with all his conviction that it was the right thing to do.

Which still left the possibility open that Kalki had gotten to him somehow.

But she did not believe that it was something he would have done without trying to win over some of his allies first.]

Aye. It looks bad but I'd not believe anything that comes from his lips while he's under her influence. But we'll drag the truth of this out into the light if we can, and him and any other Heroes with it.

[She has her suspicions of who the local Archfiend is, and if it is indeed Ales then she has a responsibility as an Assassin, and as the one who recruited him. But she also has a responsibility as and to the other Heroes to give him a chance to explain himself.

She accepts the device with a nod, and listens as Duster asks about the operation.]