Faolan turns to be able to look at the other man more properly, shaking his head slightly as he does.

"What I think," he replies, after studying the other man for another moment, "is that I don't believe that you're capable of cruelty. And yet you are also kind. Kinder than I think some of us deserve you to be. And I wouldn't put it past you to make a choice for the benefit of another, even if it is not what you wish. But," he says quickly, before the other man has time to protest one way or the other, "I know that you would have never made such a decision with something like this." He flicks the other man a soft smile before glancing away again, as the weight of his own words settle about him in a moment of realization.

"I am not certain that such a gesture is deserved either," he continues, "yet. I will treasure it nonetheless. Forgive me if I have been..." Well, he knows he could have taken this all a little better.