Jane stopped. It was rare of Jerry to confess so openly that he was upset. She lowered her voice. "Darling, listen to me. Don’t be so anxious about us. Everybody in the Troupe knows that this is very dangerous. You haven’t been hiding that from us, that’s not any surprise to us. You can’t protect us, we know that. We’re all adults—well, almost all adults—and we know what we’re doing." She shrugged. "Pretty much, anyhow. A lot more than those dumb feds at SESAME. And a hell of a lot more than the poor damned civilians."