If this is true, there could be any number of reasons for it. Not to mention that I've been removed from that world for several months now.

[ There's still pushback, maybe he's in denial or maybe he's stubborn or maybe it's because he hasn't told Haku everything yet. All of them are equally likely, but it's impossible to know right now unless you're someone named Ango Sakaguchi. ]

...you can tell me what you want, and you can tell me what you don't want the truth to be. [ A sigh. ] I've spent so much time thinking about it, that it probably won't be news to me. [ Which might explain his surprise but not complete befuddlement earlier. ]

I can handle it.