Oh come on Darrow.. (GS)

I'm rereading/re-listening to Golden Son and man, his handling of telling the truth to Mustang is one of the few times in this series I felt full-bodied frustration towards Darrow. Most of his other bad decisions were at least justifiable in the moment, or from his warped perspective, but handing Mustang the cube to let it do the talking for him was so cowardly. I understand that it's meant as characterization, that falling from the sky and leaping onto the Sovereign's shuttle with no recourse frightens Darrow less than telling the truth. I understand that Mustang's decision had to be left ambiguous to make you wonder if it is was she that ratted on Darrow.

But come on man, It was ALL setup perfectly for him just for him to throw it in the mud.

If you were Darrow, and you had the chance to redo this interaction, how would you have told her? I'd have said something along the lines of..

"This is the mine where the girl sang the forbidden song. Her name was Eo."