"It's no concern of yours, so you'll forgive me if I bear my own burdens," Reilly replies firmly.
Lake is more than a little curious about this woman's peculiar need for several houses for safety. But so far everything about this woman is a curiosity. Lake wasn't sure he liked the confused curiosity that was filling him, he was a scout and therefore preferred to follow things to their end. It was his nature and his job.
"Why would an author or a soldier need safety," Lake wonders aloud, trying to read her expression through his peripherals. "Too many fans? A stalker maybe? Or does it have something to do with the warrants for your arrest?"
At this last thought her face had changed, Lake turned to look at her and read the slightest trace of fear, tinged with anger. Lake was really wondering what those warrants could be, and how a soldier could be wanted and not have their unit know about it. All these thoughts crashed around in his mind, but with a scout's skill, he masked it.
"Maybe someday I'll be able to tell you, but right now you'd think I was telling you a story rather than the truth," she explains.
"Why would I think that," Lake asks.
"Because it sounds unbelievable," she responds. Then says smiling, "I do deal in facts as well as fiction."
She reaches down and rubs Jin-Sun's ears. "No one could ever believe something like my story is real."
"I'd like to decide for myself, if its all the same to you," Lake answers.
Before she can reply, one of the guards sticks his head in and says its time for her to go back to her cell. Both guards re-enter and reach to grab her arms, backing away quickly when the dog snaps at them. Luckily LT steps in before things get out of hand.
"I'll go along as well," he says, staring at the guards daring them to contradict him. Reilly stands, says goodbye to Lake, and before he can say anything else she is pushed towards the door. LT turns to him, "Don't worry. We got a foot in the door. The commander and I will get permission for more visits. And I'll make sure that either myself, Doc, or Red escort her to and from her cell with the guards." With that he leaves and Lake is left with even more curiosity about his "angel."