The question makes him regard John carefully. But after a few seconds his gaze casts down again, a little clouded.

"Let me rephrase," he says gently. "You know how to not push."

...and leaving it there just feels cruel, all of a sudden, so he clears his throat quietly. "Edwin asked me why I knew so much about clothes, and- I told him. Because of Bella, s-she was a seamstress. But he didn't- get the hint, when I was done talking about her."