[bbacks towards the door, trying to remember if his mom's home right now

He's safe if she is, right? In that case, he'd just have to scream...

But even in that case, isn't the whole point that he can't? He can't allow that kind of political conflict to start. He has to keep it as hushed as possible.]

...You know, what you're doing is going to cause our parents to lose face too.