“No. It isn’t that. Try again telling me why you want to leave.”
“It’s just as I told you.”
“No, it isn’t.”
She was silent for a while, then she said, “It’s not safe for me here.”
“Why?”
“They’ll— I’ll— The same thing that happened to Jed will happen to me.”
“You mean they’ll kill you?”
“Yes.”
“Who?”
“I’m not mentioning any names.”