Raph noticed the expression on Nico's face. It did not look like a happy expression. Where he and the two lovebirds were looking pretty confident about the mission, she wasn't, and he honestly didn't blame her.

He nudged in close while Kon and Cassie briefly engaged in some joking with each other, putting a hand on her elbow supportively.

"Hey, listen. This sounds like a boot camp kinda thing, like it's all about control, and I know that's not really in your wheelhouse." She was all about rebelling against stupid rules, taking down the bad guys as quickly and efficiently as possible, and running off before getting entangled in stupidity, not letting herself be controlled and working within that control. "You're way more about kicking really stupid authority figures in the stones and booking it before they can drag you into anything stupid. But none of these people have anything on us, so we got your back, okay? Whatever happens, it's not like the stuff where bad things happened and you didn't have control."

All of the danger was just an illusion.

"At any given point that it looks like it's going south, we break cover, and me and these two goofs will give you plenty of time to get your staff out."

Then it'd be harder to get the shard but nobody that tried to hurt any of them would stand a chance.