He did need a friend he could open up to. Badly. And for some reason, even though he had just met her, he felt he could say whatever he wanted to Hemera and she wouldn't judge him.
"I was known for being a bit improper when I was alive. I carried on...certain friendships with married women. During my lifetime this was seen as absolutely incendiary gossip. After my death when my nephew was collecting bits from my journals to publish as a biography, they changed certain details and made these women younger than they actually were. They believed that changing the ages would make my dalliances seem more innocent. Of course these days everyone seems to think I was a paedophile, which I absolutely was not."