Not to be hurt again.  He doesn't say it; it's too obviously the thing-you-don't-say-in-Cheliax, if you don't trust the person you're talking to a lot, when you say it.  If Carissa Sevar has Detect Thoughts running, she'll see it, but not otherwise.

"I don't know, Chosen."

Lots of wants rise up, get shut down before they can even turn into words, because he obviously cannot have those things might hurt to think them will definitely hurt to say them.

Not to be hurt again.  He doesn't say it; it's too obviously a thing-you-don't-say-in-Cheliax, if you don't trust the person you're talking to a lot, when you say it.  If Carissa Sevar has Detect Thoughts running, she'll see it, but not otherwise.

"I don't know, Chosen."

Lots of wants rise up, get shut down before they can even turn into words, because he obviously cannot have those things might hurt to think them will definitely hurt to say them.

Not to be hurt again.  He doesn't say it; it's too obviously a thing-you-don't-say-in-Cheliax, if you don't trust the person you're talking to a lot, when you say it.  If Carissa Sevar has Detect Thoughts running, she'll see it, but not otherwise.

"I don't know, Chosen."

Lots of wants rise up, get shut down before they can even turn into words, because he obviously cannot have those things might hurt to think them will definitely hurt to say them.