I don't know, [ thoughtfully—she does believe him, you know, but also, ] that actually seems the exact sort of thing a spy might want to know? There is nuance to it that might be missed in just reading about it, and if you're pretending to be someone from a different country than you really are you'd need to know those nuances, or you'd give yourself away immediately. Don't you think?

[ now that they're both sure they're not threats, time to have a riveting conversation about what if, hypothetically, they were. ]