One of the greatest upsides to having someone deaf in the family was that Abby didn't need to move her lips to communicate; she could sign and most people didn't understand what she was saying because they didn't know ASL.
Signing her answer in rapid succession, Abby said, "You are Sam Hanna, former Navy SEAL and your job title is Office of Special Projects Senior Field Agent. You like order; everything in its place, a place for everything. You follow orders without question because it has been ingrained into your head to do so. You are extremely loyal to your team and those close to you. You are an honorable and trustworthy man. You risk your life for your country every day without question. You risk your life for those assigned to your team no matter how temporary. You risked your life for me and every time I stand in front of you, that is the man I see. That is the man I'm being told to punch."
They were all delusional if they thought those around them didn't expect them to try and find a way back. As long as the rift was open they were relatively safe because the risk of exposure from someone else passing through increased the longer it remained open. What they needed to worry about was them closing it before they had time to study it. Once the rift was closed there was no going back and nothing to stop the government from covering its tracks.
Sill signing, she said, "We are all at risk whether I talk or not, you are naive to think otherwise. And I'm not the one who told me this, Callen did when he visited me in jail and you can bet the likelihood of that place being bugged is very high.
"I know not to trust anyone outside the 13 of us. I know if someone other than those 13 were to come after me, I wouldn't stand around and let them. I would punch, kick, claw, bite, do whatever I can. Fighting the enemy is not the same as fighting anyone within our circle."
Who knew what it looked like from far away because Abby's hands and fingers were flying at such speed, she doubted it looked like anything other than some crazed hand moments by the Goth chick.