Espio was quiet. The information wasn't new, exactly... and it wasn't as though he'd not related it to his own circumstances - Ace himself had done so, in his various efforts to get Espio to open up some. He could understand very well what Marco was getting at. Ace could understand him in a way Marco or Tobias simply could not.

Even so...

"And that means... I should let him get his way because...?" Espio asked, tilting his head slightly. "We're friends, already, but..."