[Another pause, and an uncertain expression crosses his face, but soon there's a nod. It's the answer he'd been expecting, but it doesn't make it much less disappointing.]

Understandable. I hadn't thought you would know exactly how much.

[He wants to say that he's worried, to share his anxieties, but it feels...out of place. Something better kept to himself.]

I...suppose we'll simply have to wait to find out.