Even if Nepeta has pretended, Equius would have known. They can't hide things from each other, and really should never try.

"Look, Nepeta, I'm going to be completely honest here. Except for this quadrant, moirallegiance, I don't think quadrants are a good idea here. Look at all the trolls in them; they only make each other miserable and hurt each other all the time."

He pauses.

"And I don't want to hurt you or Tavros."