"Everyone includes you," Kate says and that's almost soft, but there's a contradictory sharpness under it. A sharpness that's fierce and protective. He doesn't know it yet, but he just got about 1000% safer on this island.

Whatever this tie is between them, he trusted her once when she needed him to. Like Magnus did. And now she's got his back whenever, however, no matter how big the fight, unless it's between him and her other people.