[HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING, HERE. he gives a small smile]

Thank you for that, Ion-san. And I trust you, too. Please, don't feel as though you have to share just because I wasn't thinking before I spoke. I don't want to make you uncomfortable.

[a pause]

That said. . . if you did share it with me, I promise I won't tell another soul.