He reminds her, somehow, impossibly, of her brother.

"I hope so. It's...in my country, it's...we have two faces. The face we show the world, and the face we keep inside, behind safe doors and shown only to friends and family. It's so we can cope, so we have somewhere safe where we can be ourselves, no matter what is happening outside.

It's...even here. Downstairs, I am Esfir Shostakovna. I am reserved, and polite, but...in here? I can be Fira.

I think you need to do something similar, else you won't came out of this as Billy."