*can see perfectly well that you're tearing up, but is unsettled when he doesn't know exactly how to interpret your tears (dismay? indignation?)*
*grips your hand a little more tightly (just a very little bit), dearly hoping you don't think he's judging you (but he's not about to take any of it back, either)* Just...can I ask you something? No...two things? *quickly* You don't have to answer if you don't want to. (I'm just trying to understand.)(But this is insanity.) I mean, nothing I've said is conditional on you answering.