[Nate opens his mouth to further argue the point—it's not a secret, dammit, not everything he doesn't talk about is a secret—only for it to hang open, then slowly close, as what she said sinks in.]
What?
[He doesn't want the journal, he wants it to have stayed where it was—locked away out of sight and out of mind—and for them to stay on the track they'd been on. He wants them to not have fought. He wants Elena to have never gotten the journal in the first place.]
Come on, that's not fair. It's different this time. I'm not after Drake or anything he left behind!
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What?
[He doesn't want the journal, he wants it to have stayed where it was—locked away out of sight and out of mind—and for them to stay on the track they'd been on. He wants them to not have fought. He wants Elena to have never gotten the journal in the first place.]
Come on, that's not fair. It's different this time. I'm not after Drake or anything he left behind!