Do you think that I... [He stresses it - your friend, your brother at heart, who's been with you through so much that you don't know] would lie about that?

[And with an idle smile, he adds-] Especially when the consequences are so important to what I'm doing as well as what you are. In any case, there, you have it. Everything that's happened has left you the latest potential wielder to walk these halls.

How do you feel about that, hm?