[Shenandoah]

Titus considered that with a frown. "Probably not," he mused aloud. After a moment, he snorted. "Your family is stupid to leave you in the dark, though. Not that they should turn you into mini-soldiers or whatever, but it is a parent's duty to inform their children of the dangers in life... at least when they hit puberty."

He gave her a considering look and then a slow, devious smile spread across his face. It was the kind of smile one would associate with someone that was plotting something. "You wanna be friends? I know ultimately my family would have problems with it, but it'd be fun to stick them one anyway and I'm sure you have your own issues with your family. We could screw with all their heads."

It would give her a chance to freak out her family when she mentioned her new friend. Send them panicking and worrying about the safety of her if they didn't want her barbecued by the 'enemy'. And his family would go one of two ways after flipping out. They'd either be angry and tell him to not see her again (which would ensure that he would, in fact, go see her if possible) or they'd be intrigued and ask him to continue the 'pseudo-friendship' for information (and thereby forcing him to rebel and ignore them still). Titus knew he'd likely do something his elders didn't like after they caught wind of the situation. In fact, if they were to tell him to pretend friendship to her in order to gain information, he'd probably be contrary for the hell of it. It would likely get him in trouble, but he didn't care.