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Ebony sighed and waited out the Sigel's little tantrum. She wasn't afraid of him actually doing something to her as she was half expecting it and thus prepared, but mostly because he would follow his boss's orders like the good little lackey he was. And his boss needed her still. So it was a bit pathetic and hurtful to see the Raevan reduced to such a level. He could be so much more.

"If you are quite done..." she replied calmly as she wrapped his ribbon tighter in her grip so he wouldn't go fluttering off like he'd almost did a moment prior. "The reason I say that is because I know exactly what you are and how you're not the age you pretend to be. You're basically a child playing grown-up games. Dangerous games."

Silver eyes reflecting the low lighting of the moon lifted up to meet Rivener's crimson gaze, her masked face holding the most serious of looks, yet also silently pleading for him to agree to what she was about to propose. "I suggest you get out and get out now. Before it's too late."

"You're not an adult. she smirked, side stepping his question of whom she was. Did he really think she'd gladly give up the charade, just like that? This mask, her guise, it was all to protect her true identity. Or was it the other way around? Was her mask the identity of Ebony Shade and the mantle of the Bandit her true self? The thief shook her head. This was no time for her to have a crisis of person, she had a mission! And not just for Felix. "Or at least, not yet. Though I will give you the benefit of not being a child, but of a teenager. And as such, you are still of the naive nature of thinking you know everything. The things you do now, for Felix or otherwise, you may regret later once you do become an adult."

She became very quiet then, finally breaking eye contact with the floating youth. Ebony almost felt she needed to say more, to tell him how she truly felt about the secret double life she lived. How she cried herself to sleep some nights as the years of guilt had begun to weigh heavily upon her soul. How the loneliness had practically devoured her and kept her from being too close to others, too afraid of what would become of them should her other life leak over. How she feared now for those that were close to her, like her dear Cordelia. How, how could she explain without giving him any doubt of whom she really was?

"You could do so much better with your life..." she whispered as the train speed its way straight for Aekea. They weren't quite there yet, but Durem was well behind them now, the landscape breathing a full breathe as it was released from the congestion of the city.

"Your family." She hadn't turned back to face him nor had she hesitated in her answer. It was simple as that. Rivener's family was absolutely more than any of that or any of it even combined. It was something precious that not everyone got and that some would do anything to get. Ebony had often found herself somewhat jealous of the Delarans. Because to her, they were truly rich and none of her stolen wealth could compare to it. This she was absolute about because she'd had a taste of it once before, but ironically it had been stolen right out from under her. And now, the woman desperately tried to replace what she'd had, only to come up short every time.

A single tear escaped her steeled eyes as they inched along the railway. Her father had been bound by this life, as she too was now in his memory, unable to break free of the greed, the money, the rush. In the end, he paid with his very life and lost everything, meanwhile dooming his adopted child to the same fate. Would she end up doing the same? "You think you can protect them forever? Everyone knows exactly who you are. They'll know how to find those that are closest to you and they won't be against hurting them to get to you. Would you sacrifice them for all that?"

The woman sighed. He still didn't understand. 'Young, cocky and stupid.' she thought. Rivener didn't realize what enemies he'd created without even meeting or doing anything directly to them. Just by being Felix's bodyguard was enough to give them reason to find a way to take him down. They would use any means necessary and that did not exclude his family.

"Fine." Ebony snapped, effectively ending the uncomfortable conversation and taking back up her closed off, hard edged, professionalism. Letting go of his ribbon now so he was free to fly away or whatever he chose, "We're only a few minutes out of Aekea now anyway. Just keep out of my way Scorpio and the sooner we can say goodbye."