"Hold on."
Nova had both hands up before Sylvia finished her sentence, the universal gesture of a person who needs everything to stop immediately so they can catch up. "I'm sorry. I need a second." He looked between the two of them. "What do you mean the secret is that Lucas is your boyfriend. You two were just, friends. This whole time. Friends."
Celia stepped in right behind him, her brows pulled together, genuinely trying to work through the logic. "And why would something like that need to be hidden so badly? Why were you worried about the Truth Device over that?"
Even Starc had leaned back slightly, his expression shifting from interrogation mode into something that was trying to decide what it was.
Sylvia exhaled once. Then she spoke.
