As she rises, Ellis draws a few steps closer to her. Still mindful of how she'd pulled her hands back from him, he doesn't reach back to her.

"I'll tell you, if you're too sharp with me."

He wants to say And I'll tell you all the rest, someday. But he can't tell if it would be truth or not, and he doesn't want to lie to Wysteria. So there is this small give, something that feels as if it can be done.

"And one more thing, if you'll help me with the wax."