Straight compliance had not been what Kurogane had expected, because although the magician had been good up until this point, he couldn't possibly have been dazed enough to simply give in to that demand. Not after how he'd defended that damn file up until now. If he hadn't been telling the truth, Kurogane wouldn't have any reason for suspicion the moment Fai agreed, but the problem stood that Kurogane had heard no falseness in the statement. That meant he hadn't been lying, and Fai telling the truth was the most suspicious thing of all.

"Whatever's in there scared you that bad, huh?" he said first, then after considering modified his belief, "Or is it that you just don't want any one else seeing it?"