Ford reaches out and puts a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.

"There's no easy way to do it," he says. "It might still go badly. Who knows? But the last time I tried to keep a big important secret, it led to chaos and destruction that wouldn't have happened if I'd trusted more people. And the time before that, my nephew misunderstood what was happening and tried to erase my mind! Both times everyone found out anyway."

Hoensty isn't always the best policy, except on the Barge, when it is.