"And if you follow orders, I won't be," Shepard countered, not missing a beat. She'll tell the whole damn world if it suits her purposes; she doesn't owe him more loyalty than her own good sense, just because they were both thrown into the same girlscout club together, "And we won't have to bother anybody else with any of this."

Blackmail, you see, is but one of her talents.

"But what I mean is... look, you have no idea what you're actually doing, and you're definitely going to get caught. You think this isn't world-shaking, but I'm thinking about the number of times something big started with one idiot getting himself killed, or worse," A poke, none-too-gentle, at the center of his chest for emphasis. That's you; the idiot. It's one of his better qualities, truly, but even charm has its limits, "And even if it's just a Wei Wuxian problem and nothing else, I know at least one guy who'll probably do something really stupid if you get yourself in actual trouble, and not just a slap on the wrist. How old are you, anyways?"