Lucius fell silent, sighing as if reluctant to tell her more and that she wouldn't like it if he did. Without saying a word he had implied who had fatally wounded Edith and left her to die. Rebels. It really was the icing to the story and echoed what had happened to him, only he had had to save himself. The whole thing was a stroke of genius really, but would so easily be ruined if Edith wasn't listening in right now...
He took another sip of his coffee before setting it on the side as he watched Evie to see her reaction to his silence.