Of course, what they don't know now is that Jason is already a target whether he knows anything or not, but he wouldn't blame Spencer for not mentioning it. There's a lot going on, and he can tell the way they need to seek answers goes deep even if he doesn't know the why or that it's linked to so much present danger for her and for the other girls who were Ali's best friends.

Jason smiles a bit at what she says, and there's an ache, a sadness in it too if only because he catches it on her face.

"Well, now you do," he informs her as they make it back around on their walk, and they're in front of her house this time. "And that's not going to change. Not if I have anything to say about it."