[Of course he expected that she denies it, and he knows what she intends to say when she trails off. But the very last sentence.

That burns too.

And this is heading where he doesn't want it to head. But he's not going to ignore it either. So he just turns his head away, squeezes his hand around the Dreamberry a little. He needs to keep himself together...]

You don't need to know.

[Those words have worked on Elliot. Will they work on Ada?

He really hopes so.]