Lie, he thinks. Lie, lie, lie, there are a thousand ways he could lie about this, the only safe secret is the one you don't share. But that look on Eiffel's face is so familiar. Danny blinks a couple of times, too quickly. He hesitates, and then takes a breath and--

"I'm in witness protection." It doesn't have capital letters in the way he says it, and it's clearly recitation of a phrase he doesn't know the meaning of. "Because my dad isn't actually dead, and he's not a hero either. Even though I'm not the one who witnessed anything. And my aunt's not even my aunt. I'm going to find out when I turn eighteen I guess. Only I already know now."