About the same time as me, or near enough to it. [He grimaces.] Right after the Crystal dragged me in.

[Maybe things feel different, fresh from it versus several months later. There's a lot of variables to consider, here.]

I'm grateful he's here too... I'd be fine with waiting to see if he wants to bring it up. Even if I opened the door for him to talk, I can't just kick him through it and then shoot him down. That sounds worse than telling him outright.

[They're his feelings, whether still accurate or not. He should be the one to decide how and when they're shared.]