For the time being. I usually wait until the third date to give up the goods.

[ It's possible, in time, that he might feel comfortable enough with some of the others to talk more about his past. But for the time being, he doesn't know who is likely to gossip and who isn't. Not to mention the entire point of coming here was to not think about the reasons he came in the first place.

He pauses and considers before answering Arthur's question. ]

It doesn't exactly have hands but essentially, yes. I had a terrible time getting away from the things with my dignity intact.