He gives her his best reassuring smile. "I'm sorry?" He sighs. "It's just, she was so exposed up there, I just wasn't really thinking about it. I mean, she's young, could be more easily tricked or manipulated by unscrupulous...persons." He glances away a moment, then back. "There's...there's something else I haven't told you. And I'm really, really sorry, I thought I was protecting you, but I know better, after everything we've been through, and I'm sorry."