Right. So that's the start. [That's as far as it goes there, that's the beginning point. That, for Dirk, is the easiest part.]
The next part is that this situation is uniquely to do with Jake. I love Roxy, but I don't want to tell her anything you tell me in confidence. No one else even ranks consideration here. There isn't anyone else, at all, ever, who I might want to tell things you tell me. It only applies to Jake, and it will only ever apply to Jake, because of me and Jake's history and the partnership we have now. It isn't a thing with other people, because no one else is what Jake is to me.
So, that's... I value you being able to tell me things in confidence is the first thing. Jake being the only person I owe my own confidence to is the next thing. Can you... believe those two things?
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The next part is that this situation is uniquely to do with Jake. I love Roxy, but I don't want to tell her anything you tell me in confidence. No one else even ranks consideration here. There isn't anyone else, at all, ever, who I might want to tell things you tell me. It only applies to Jake, and it will only ever apply to Jake, because of me and Jake's history and the partnership we have now. It isn't a thing with other people, because no one else is what Jake is to me.
So, that's... I value you being able to tell me things in confidence is the first thing. Jake being the only person I owe my own confidence to is the next thing. Can you... believe those two things?