With a put-on pout and giving up far too easily, he rose to sit up once more, fingers working skillfully on the laces of his boots as he glanced over to her, "Gotta keep a few secrets. If I tell you everything, then I'm just another guy with no mystery that you know everything about. Where's the excitement in that?"

And whilst there had been some humour in his tone, his question was serious enough. He really did enjoy that sense of secrecy.