[He squeezes her hand. He'd gladly keep her here where he could protect her, but he knows she won't abide it.]

I'm not telling you to do nothing... only advising you not to do anything unnecessarily dangerous. You can gather information without doing it in a reckless way. [Great advice from someone whose high-risk investigation ruined his entire life. And Athena's. And their families'.

But that aside.]

If you trust me, allow me help you. There's no reason to strive to do so much alone.