[Privately, Fiddleford is deeply unsettled to find that he doesn't entirely believe what Marco's saying. He considers pressing the issue, but he isn't sure how to do it in a way that won't make this into a conversation he really doesn't want to have.]

I hope... god, I hope you're right about that. I want you to be.

[He wants to ask Elias about it, really, but he's very scared of the answer he might get.]

You're right, He shouldn't have gone with us instead, but He could have chosen someone like Lorraine, someone decent. You have to see why I'm concerned.