"What you don't wanna do and what you're not supposed to do are very different things, my friend." He squeezes his shoulder slightly, and then drops his hand. "If it's not something you wanna meddle with, I can respect that. But you might be out of luck in this particular instance."

His eyes narrow slightly, as he glances away.

"And I can't say we're in the kind of situation where we can afford to throw out any of the good cards in our hand."