Togusa stops moving, and he has to look Elda over, reappraising the woman. No, she is serious about this. She has to decide whether the possible threat to her son is worth the threat that is already happening to him.

He loses some of his formal demeanor. "We are already stuck in this, aren't we? If we're worried about reprisal, there's nothing stopping them from already doing it, unless we start taking action on our end." He has been underselling the importance of this, to try not to make anyone feel guilty about not engaging. But, maybe it really is their best chance to start to strike back.

All right, he settles back in, then. "So. Where would you like to start?"