[ ah. well. doesn't he? ]

...Hah. No, no. It's fine, I was done with it.

[ ok. there's an ease to the way he says this- the same way he shut down rynlan talking to him about his long, miserable grief, a few days before. kindly, but a wall nonetheless. ] Sorry. I'd have to ask you to keep that our little secret, if you wouldn't mind.