I'm imagining it. It's perfect. "It's true, and new people will be brought in without knowing just how dangerous things are other than our word." Which, given Akiko drama, he doubted new people trusted.

And he glanced away, rubbing his arm. After a long moment he sighed and looked back to Heiji. "It's... complicated. Do you promise not to tell anyone if I tell you? I really don't want people getting the wrong idea about Jake from it, it wasn't a smart move on his part but he wasn't thinking clearly."