[ Together, he says, and Mako doesn't know why that makes him frown so hard except maybe that he hates that Wu had to get caught in the first place, that the Dai Li really did seem to follow him everywhere.

But he realizes Wu might misinterpret his frown so he shakes it off, his eyes narrowed. ] The Dai Li really are terrible.

[ What did Wu and this boy do, Mako wonders before he can quite stop himself. Is it different? He knows how to kiss girls, he knows a little bit more than that, really, but he doesn't know—he doesn't know. For a moment he wondered, with David, but then the whole thing made him feel so exposed, like anyone could find out.

Maybe that's how Wu felt the whole time. Mako swallows. ] But they aren't. You know. Here, so. You shouldn't worry about that. If you want to... uh.