[He watches her reaction in quick glances, chewing on his lip a moment before he catches himself doing it. As for the question he hesitates, because yes and no, and as much as he appreciates her being instantly on his side about this he also doesn't want it to be because he's misleading her intentionally or otherwise.]

I mean, she didn't like me before when I asked questions on the network or talked about this issue previously, and then I don't think I told you about what happened when I tried to take one of the new arrivals for a walk just before the Aerie happened. But those weren't like... We didn't like each other, but it was personal between us, not some sort of threat to Morningstar as a whole. I didn't say anything about them to the new arrivals this time; there weren't any private conversations or anything else that you might've missed since we got back from the Aerie.

[And sure, the new arrivals upset about their situation could easily figure out that Morningstar's involved, but they didn't need Lance for that by any means. It's all obvious, public information amongst the Displaced.]