FROST:

                    “ you flatterer. it’s not that I can’t,
                      deary   -   it’s   i   don’t  want   to.
                      &    as    a    matter    of    fact ,   i
                      do have a better plan than one
                      inspired      by       some       bad
                     80′s   flick   plotline.   one   word - ”

                                                       “  T  E  L  E  P  A  T  H  ”

          ^{without a DOUBT, more reliable of a plan.
          not that he’ll readily admit that sort of thing
          to her in light of their conversation, but he’s
          taken a mental note of it. concerns still keep
          him from being fully on-board with this idea,
          particularly possibility of him being ripped
          off & how easy it might be for her to
          accomplish that.} 

               ^{“ – how am i supposed to know you
                 won’t mess with my head in all
                 the wrong ways? “}