"I think he should know," Alina answered. "It would be worse if we started looking and then he found out. He has spies everywhere. I can be upfront about this portion. I'll tell him that I need an amplifier so that I can help end the war once and for all. I certainly am more than ready for it. He can't treat me like a child forever. I've been training for years and it's time that I lived up to my destiny."
All of which was very true indeed. "I just won't tell him anything about what we hope will happen after."