Crap.

[She mutters it under her breath, mostly to herself; she can't exactly tell him to break the news to Sephiroth without potentially causing fallout there, which means she needs to talk to Yunlan. Warden-warden politics: her least favorite thing.

Oh, well. At least Yunlan's not annoying.]

Saying it doesn't make what real? Lay it out - what specific thing do you think talking about it should do, but that you know that it won't?