He didn't need to tell Mina exactly what to say; he just had to anticipate that she would "add spice," because that was her nature.
The child didn't merely hold the knob of that first escape door, she slammed it shut behind her sister with a grin, treating it like a joke. To Mina, it was all in good fun. To Valeria, however, it felt like war.
As soon as the sister arrived at the Guild, that first exit vanished. Then came the second door: force. If she had been alone or only had Mina to think about, she might have opted for violence anyway.
She could have shrugged off her reputation and simply walked away over ashes. But Valeria wasn't alone.
She had a group, a dozen lives tied to her choices. That was both her greatest weakness and her greatest strength. She couldn't act solely as a sister; she had to step up as a leader.
