"It's not a bad strategy," he admits, loath as he is to compliment the fuckers toying with them on anything.

"Separate us, keep us more afraid or pissed at each other than we are at them and they can keep dicking with us indefinitely in any way they want." He hesitates, hands sliding into his pants pocket after a moment.

"Just gonna put this out there... you're not the only one in the house who knows about what I did."