[For someone who’s a liar by default, by nature, by self-admission and self-reflection, he can still acknowledge when someone else’s honesty is...appreciated. And it is, no matter how Gobbet might gauge it. She’s direct. She’s blunt. More and more, he’s finding himself drawn to that.]

I’m pretty sure whatever good I manage here won’t really come close to making that worth it.

[There it is again. The question of how much gets said. How big a risk he ends up taking.]

It’s not...I’m not really in a position to judge, if that’s not what you believe. I’m just not much in the way of...worthwhile pursuits, I guess.