[Kaliko]

"Uh..." Blaze mused after she swallowed. "It's... pretty complicated... But basically he's under obligation to kill us if he figures out where we are." She took another bite. "Well," Blaze continued through a mouth full of food, "technically he'd turn us in. But he'd probably be merciful and just kill us if he had the opportunity to not draw any suspicion by doing so. Unless things have gotten worse on his end, which they probably have... I'm actually kind of glad I'm on this end. The upheaval right now must be mind boggling."