That was the answer Tooth had dreaded, but it was also the one she'd expected to hear. What else could either of them do but what they were crafted to, as Pitch had put it?

It would make things difficult for her, especially being unable to warn people about him, but so long as no lines were crossed, so long as things didn't venture out of hand...she would have to learn to live with this compromise.

"There's nothing you're curious about?" she asked, probing a little. Whether he would volunteer the information or not, she wanted some idea of where and with what he might be spending his time in the days to come.