Her eyebrows raised as he spoke about taking on the entire Brotherhood, and just as quickly as the surprise came, it went. She empathized with him on that level. There was talk, very little talk, but just the fact that there was happened to be unsettling. Everyone was back on the mission to get the Guild back into a status where we were well known, and not to be fucked with. Yet, Mercer...his mind seemed to be pulled in seven different directions opposite from this goal. She'd picked up on things on her own....but until this moment, she never really thought about what would happen if it came to a point where she didn't agree with Mercer Fray, let alone anyone else in the Guild. She immediately resolved to train harder, especially in combat. Even if it was simple paranoia, it never hurt to be prepared.<br/><br/>"I'm not sure what to think really," She started, and while her immediate instinct was to gossip like a schoolgirl, she held back. She sat up straight and looked him in the eye, "I'm not even going to beat around the bush, because it'd frankly be a waste of both of our time. To do this whole partnership thing, I need to know I can trust you, and at this moment, I don't know that. I'm not revealing anything about the Guild that you can't hear from Mercer Fray's lips until that moment comes, just as I suspect you won't be spilling Brotherhood secrets from the heart perched on your sleeve." She let out a derisive chuckle and leaned back again, waiting for his retort.