I suppose.

[It's a little bit grudging. He's already revealed more than he intended.]

About Cruxis, at least, to explain -- ah, damn.

[He presses a hand to his face and stills, thinking. He'd made a rash decision, revealing the key-crest; now he's locked himself into a situation where the key-crest will protect Colette at a stage where only one person could have given it to her.]

The key-crest will be a difficulty. She shouldn't have one.