[ Kuro pivots around at the sound of Jeanne's voice. Her spoon is still in her hand; she scrapes it against the inside of her bowl, drawing up barely-there scraps of stew she had left behind. ]

It has to be. Look at it this way: If he can't even make good on something as little as this, why should we trust him when he makes bigger promises?

[ If he really wants them to all kill each other off, it'd be shooting himself in the foot. ]