Illya grimaces, and the guilt is easy to see in his face. He didn’t mean to step into a minefield, but he should have known family, of all subjects, wouldn’t be exactly all happy and nice when she had been talking about Russia forcing kids into their line of work. He’s not stupid, there’s a reason she was so emotional about such a particular subject. He just hadn’t known what she’d meant by ‘kids’.

“I won’t… ask about that. As long as you won’t, either.” Another motion at his watch.