What this sounds like to me is three-way line-facing. Line-facing straight to hell. Particularly when they find out Riley is involved in this lie of lies.

See, then we have a secret Lucy Pevensie AND my mission to name an NPC after every member of Dexys Midnight Runners will be one step closer to complete.

He lets you into his heart and this is what you do, Novak. There might even be hissing.