Nervously Traudel fiddled around with her own hands, eyes darting over to Nina nearing the door. Swallowing once and and losing some color in her face after hearing those words. She opened her mouth, but Herzsprung was faster.
"You are not to protect Rheinland. You are to protect her. What good is your word if you go now? Going harms her. Oh - not by my hand. I see that look, the loss itself would be enough already. Let us ignore the fact you'd be opening the door for a rendezvous with death for a moment, a rather unceremonious end that would be. What separates us from beasts if not our ability to reason? I am no monster, name your conditions and maybe i take them into consideration. Maybe. It is the best you two can hope for. Plain and simple."