Out of pride, Major General Layton honored his first promise to defect, and Winters rushed into the enemy's cabin ignoring the knife wound on his arm;
It was also out of pride that Winters couldn't be bothered to explain to Miss Navarre, much less wanted to see her again. After all, that unexplained slap still stung quite a bit.
But Elizabeth smirked, refusing to agree to help Winters get the designs from Anna. Clearly, she already knew through her own channels that Winters had been slapped by Anna. This was probably one of the few joys in her mundane life, and she definitely wasn't going to let it go easily.
"Your friend has a particularly bad impression of me, I'd rather not see her if I can help it. Is this how you want to see me get slapped again?" Winters grabbed Elizabeth to stop her from running away.