[ there would be yelling if lillium hadn't said what he said and now there is only withdrawing, kind of. he doesn't seem angry himself, more neutral and waiting to see how this goes. ]

...it isn't like I wouldn't have had the same reaction, I guess. [ debatable. nico has a short temper himself when it's pushed, but scenarios always make things different. ] We thought our plan and alternate route was good. So we went through with it, and we didn't expect the leaders to get called in to arrest us. What's done is done, and it won't happen again.

[ not like this, at least. they'll just be smarter next time and that implication is there. ]