[He tries to think of how to clarify this. He understands her stance. It's good that she doesn't want to throw anybody under the bus. He respects that.
But he can't bring himself to give up quite so easily, either.]
But I want to know who I can trust. You feel?
[Will that satisfy her? Probably not. But it's worth a try. Idly, he wonders if he should try to speak more like the way she does, to make her more comfortable -- all old-timey and shit. But he'd sound so stilted and obviously fake trying to do that.
Better to be honest about at least this aspect of who he is and stick to talking the way he normally would.]
private.
[He tries to think of how to clarify this. He understands her stance. It's good that she doesn't want to throw anybody under the bus. He respects that.
But he can't bring himself to give up quite so easily, either.]
But I want to know who I can trust. You feel?
[Will that satisfy her? Probably not. But it's worth a try. Idly, he wonders if he should try to speak more like the way she does, to make her more comfortable -- all old-timey and shit. But he'd sound so stilted and obviously fake trying to do that.
Better to be honest about at least this aspect of who he is and stick to talking the way he normally would.]