[ See, and if anything, it's the fact that she is an empath that made him want to hide it even more from her. Not because he was more worried she'd find out - even he was aware of the cold reality that eventually, on a night like tonight, there were just aspects of hiding something that fundamental and living with another person that don't allow for cohabitation - but because he was worried that she would be more sensitive to it on a purely empathic level. That whatever aspects of it he could actually, legitimately not handle, would radiate out and seep into her shields through whatever unbonded connection they managed to have. While he doesn't ask for help well, if at all, it was fear that his problems would wind up hurting her that was an almost larger motivating factor. Almost.
And oddly, that aspect of 'ruining a good thing' hasn't even occurred to him. The idea that if this doesn't work, he'll have transferred some of all this bullshit onto her - it's not even figments. He's not thinking like that at all, so it's probably good that one of them is, just in case. If that were to happen, it would take him completely by surprise. (Although her apparently having been prepared for it and having obviously not told him about that possibility would probably just make him angry, on top of being angry it didn't work, on top of being frightened of the issue in the first place... That would be very bad in general.)
He's gone back to watching her carefully, now she's in motion, and while he deliberates for one second, he's very aware that if he stops to do that too much, he'll have enough time to talk himself out of it, which would just mean never doing it, ever. So he stands just a second after she asks, nodding slightly. ] Okay.
/purrs
And oddly, that aspect of 'ruining a good thing' hasn't even occurred to him. The idea that if this doesn't work, he'll have transferred some of all this bullshit onto her - it's not even figments. He's not thinking like that at all, so it's probably good that one of them is, just in case. If that were to happen, it would take him completely by surprise. (Although her apparently having been prepared for it and having obviously not told him about that possibility would probably just make him angry, on top of being angry it didn't work, on top of being frightened of the issue in the first place... That would be very bad in general.)
He's gone back to watching her carefully, now she's in motion, and while he deliberates for one second, he's very aware that if he stops to do that too much, he'll have enough time to talk himself out of it, which would just mean never doing it, ever. So he stands just a second after she asks, nodding slightly. ] Okay.