Yes.

[It's Vira, so she'll answer readily, and a little more honestly.]

I cannot shake the sense that they are dangerous, and my own shame at observing what appears to me to be a predator circling and doing nothing about it. But I also fear that - I cannot always trust my own mind, when it comes to these things. I have a tendency to become fixated on one piece of the puzzle and cannot let go of it.

So I would appreciate it - your own thoughts on the matter.