...I'd try to cover by saying it was and making up a fake reason for it but you're even more terrifying when I can see your face.

[And he stills finds her terrifying after all these years.]

[So he's honest.]

I've been having some...memory issues.

[He'll just pretend he's not sure of the source.]

And part of that is not being able to remember the cause. There's a cut off and that's all I know.