[Lowering her eyes, she shrugs, not quite able to meet Alana's eyes.]

That's true, I guess. He did fool everyone. But he only ever fooled me halfway. The rest of the way, I fooled myself. At least at first.

I just wanted an ally. I should have picked a better one.

[Now she glances at the empty bottle. Does that make it feel better, she wonders, to have something concrete to get rid of? Some evidence of evil and wrongdoing to destroy?]

. . . Do you need help?