He wouldn't let him down, because he simply couldn't. The stakes had already been high; now they were just that bit higher. He swallowed hard, almost choked by it, lips a thin line as he gave another nod.
"That... Okay. Yes. I'll take all the help I can get," he said, eyes on the desk now, staring intently at it as he kept his hand just barely in contact with Calvin's. "I trust... I trust they'll find some way to reach out to me?" Unlikely that it wouldn't have to be a clandestine affair.