[He studies her for a long moment, trying to examine if it's enough, if it's a concession, if the resignation persists- but it feels like a genuine plea, and it's one that he can accommodate while still having room for his own accepted limits, be they imposed by others or his own loyalty. Satisfied, or at least mollified on this point, he nods.]

If I thought it was something I couldn't handle, or might put you or other people or the city in danger- of course. I wouldn't be okay with being asked to lie to you about it. This was a really... weird, niche thing. I don't want to make this a habit.

[She'd made it sound like this should have been an exception to the norm. But it already is an exception to the norm- in that he couldn't be as upfront with her as he normally would be, and thought his reasons for doing so were fair. He certainly doesn't want either of them to feel like this every time something's happening that he has to be involved in.]

I can't promise you nothing like this will happen again, either. Some secrets are normal, and that shouldn't be an unreasonable or harmful thing. But if the situation was different, then yeah, I'd handle it differently.

[Hell, even this time something obviously veered off course, but maybe he can reexamine that later when he's not so close to the issue.]