[He turns away so he can push his fingers through his hair, with a sigh. It's not an impatient sigh, or frustrated--more tired than anything else. But he lets her get through with what she's saying.]

Look. I get it. I really do, and I'm not-- trying to tell you what to do, or how to think of him.

But you have t' know that it's more than potential. No matter what you think, or how he's explained himself-- [And he lets that be broad--even if she knows, and she has to know, from what she's said--but even if she does, he's not going to be the one that outs Aidan. There's levels to being an arsehole.] --it really is more than potential. And you deserve to know that.