Maybe, in retrospect, the Ingress did you a favor by bringing you here. Not saying some asshole from your world might not show up - but still, you have an advantage here. Especially if you know more of what's going on here than they do.

[ A secret your life depends on... Yeah, she knows what he's talking about. Ava goes strangely quiet for a few minutes, before finally saying: ]

I'm not going to tell anyone. Institute or no Institute, it's not going further than me. I promise.

[ He might not realize or understand or even trust that she's going to keep her word. But she knows so, so well the fear of someone finding out the truth. It gnaws at her stomach to know her own truth could be so easily discovered. She knows she can't hide it forever in such close quarters. Still, Deacon's secret is safe with her. ]