Eric crouches in front of Willa to listen to her explanation. He watches her expression, her body language and knows that even if she wanted to lie to him, she really couldn't. At least not very well.
"Shhh," he responds, reaching up to wipe tears off her cheek with the pad of his thumb. "I know that. I simply needed to know your name."
He also knows that she's the governor's daughter, but he doesn't think this is the time to mention that.