[ A silence befell him at those words momentarily. He had assumed she had had a leg up on that front somewhere. There was the whole 'smoking gun' held to her forehead, so he thought they could also not honor that if they so wished at the end. ]

...Then if they cannot be expected to guarantee that, then surely there would be no real meaning in working with them as they can simply go back on their word if they wished?

[ Unless she hoped to sabotage them in secret, but he doesn't know how that would be possible as of yet, considering... ]