This does get a smile. "It does. I don't want to hurt our friendship either. It... we might have been dragged here without a choice, but I like having a chance to be friends with people. I haven't really been settled anywhere for long enough to have friends to visit, not since I left home."

And every relationship Bel had back in the Underdark carried with it all sorts of baggage that just didn't exist here.

"So... I don't know what I... what we want to do with this." And maybe he should have thought ahead before saying something. Very sloppy, Bel. "I probably should have done more thinking before making it your problem."

Which was part of the trouble. Bel was so used to having to manage others feelings about him, either on the surface or in the Underdark, he was not so great about handling honesty with some degree of grace.