"I..." Patience said, taken aback by the question. "Well, if I really - the most dangerous thing would be - to tell my sister. I don't want to, because I know she'd hurt you, and I don't think you're a bad person. I don't even really think you would hurt Fred, but you've been so careful with names that I don't know what might happen since I accidentally..."
She stopped and ran a frustrated, nervous hand through her hair. "I just don't want anyone to get hurt, and I would feel awful if I'd put him in danger somehow.
"I would only do that if I had to. There are a lot of things about your situation that I don't understand, and I don't want to get a good friend of mine in the middle of it, you know? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to threaten you, I just wanted to make sure I hadn't..."
She trailed off again. She really wasn't making any sense. "I'm not going to tell my sister. I probably - if I really thought he was in danger, I'd just go to Fred and try to protect him myself. He's not in danger from anyone else because I said his name, is he?"