[It would've almost been less complicated if she'd asked him something specific, but now he has to choose and for a moment he feels irrationally backed into a corner despite that he started this conversation and was aware it might end up going this way.

But he takes a deep breath, letting rationality take a little more control again, and mentally sorts through options. One is most obvious, because it's a secret that it's better for him not to be secretive about, and it's something she should probably know anyway. It's doubtlessly going to come up at some point.

But deciding how to put it is a challenge, because he neither wants to be too blunt nor fall back into rambling, and then something comes to mind. After another brief hesitation, shifting on his feet a little and crossing his arms more firmly, he finally begins.]

So um, remember when you showed me the safehouse when I first arrived? And I got really nervous when we went into the building it was under?

[He knows she was aware at the time since she put her arm through his, and that was a gesture that Kyna in Hadriel had used a lot in those situations too, but it was probably not that important to her to remember so he pauses briefly to see if she knows what he's talking about or not before continuing.]