"What is wrong?" He'd wanted to let it lie, but you have been utterly out of sorts and he's worried, you know how he worries. You are, after all, someone who is as close to a younger brother as he will ever get.
"I swear by my life and the lives of everyone I love and care for that nothing from whatever conversation we have will ever leave this room."
You're not in any shape to bolt. And if you try, he can certainly stop you.
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"What is wrong?" He'd wanted to let it lie, but you have been utterly out of sorts and he's worried, you know how he worries. You are, after all, someone who is as close to a younger brother as he will ever get.
"I swear by my life and the lives of everyone I love and care for that nothing from whatever conversation we have will ever leave this room."
You're not in any shape to bolt. And if you try, he can certainly stop you.
"What is the matter, Hikaru? Is it Aria?"
Might as well cut to the chase, right?