"What kind of help?" Hamuko asked, brows furrowing hesitantly. There were a lot of people she could think of here that might be willing to step in and de-escalate a confrontation, but that didn't sound like something that Akane was talking about.

No, Akane looked worried about it, so... it must have been someone she didn't consider trustworthy. Only Maruki fit that bill of the people Hamuko was aware of, since Fatalis wasn't around...