Jake remained quiet as they walked and she explained, listening with both ears and realizing that what Eileen was saying did make sense, when he thought about "things here". He knew that sometimes a good defense required a good offense, just to show the jerks you were serious. And here, where things were, in Jake's small corner of it, relatively safe and happy, there were still monsters lurking in the shadows.

It just made him sad that Eileen had to dance in and out of those shadows. Why the crap couldn't people just...get along all the time? His shoulders slumped a bit. Unfortunately, that wasn't how things worked.

Jake nodded slowly, staring at the path before their feet as they slowly shuffled away from the castle. "...makes sense," he admitted finally, hands shoved deep in his pockets. Although he more or less understood why she'd done it, he still didn't like it much. "Guess that's part of bein' important around here, huh.."