Liliana kept his eye contact and there was a moment when her arched eyebrow and return smirk flickered into something else - something someone might even qualify as belief before it flickered back.

Look, just because she and Gladio had their own tension didn't mean that she doubted his personal integrity. Not even because of how he felt about Nell, just in general.

"So you're saying that Nell is already primed for a life of crime," Liliana said with a decisive nod, because who had had a moment of silent communication? Not these two! "Well, that does make my pitch easier."