He raised his eyebrows at her. "Because I promised you answers."

Letting go of the menu, he lowered his gloved hands under the table.

"And, as I told you before, to learn. I'm... They have repeatedly removed my memories, for a long time. I'm missing parts of everything, and just reading about what I should know, or might know, doesn't really cut it. So I do, also."

Slowly, he turned his hand palm-up. She could take her time to think on that and ask further. He was here.