Her lips pressed together as she listened to him. She wasn't used to having issues like this - if people didn't believe her, normally she shut up or allowed them to take control. Things had changed since she'd moved to Bellum - she knew that. She stood up a bit more - she'd never have done something like this when she moved. If she was honest with herself, she'd never even had considered sneaking around to protect someone. She'd have simply called the police.
"She was hurt recently," Lotte said carefully. No need to say Ella was the victim of the attacks. "And I know she has trouble because of that - but I thought she could trust me. I don't want to hurt her and I'm not going to. It's to keep people safe." She shook her head. "I don't know if she'd listen to reason now."