Somehow, the more subdued reaction was worse. Whether it was an effort made for her part, or just the conclusion that getting all up in arms wouldn't help anyone, Claire wished that Edmund would just go all out. Make it clear if he was angry, confused, surprised, sad— maybe her family had just been demonstrative enough that Claire was spoiled in that respect, but it had been so rare in her life to come across someone she could hardly read at all in the moment. The only person she could remember presenting more of a conundrum was Angela Petrelli.

But she set a pretty high bar.

"Well, not... so much with the killing part, but yeah, I jumped on purpose," Claire said quietly, taking careful, measured breaths. "I didn't think all this would happen, otherwise I wouldn't have done it."