"It isn't a question for me. And I didn't say it'd be incomplete. You could live a whole life, not knowing, and never be troubled. You've done it up until now. But if you've got the chance, and you've even thought, for an instant, that you might want to know. Why not take that chance, then, while you've got it?"

He shrugs. Free hand still held to her, waiting for her to take it. His other hand holds the pole, keeping it steady.