[ Hah. So that's really on point here, his question - he managed to cut right to the heart of it already. And even if he can't manage to be properly happy about exposing this out of the other man, he does feel some very base level of pride. His lips curl up into a bit of a smirk, an he leans himself forward a little ]

And things are complicated. [ That's not a question, it's not a question ] I won't be as vulgar as to ask who, but what if I asked you to recount a pleasant story you have from it?