[He strokes a hand over her shoulder and down her arm, a little light up and down affection, slow and thoughtful while he gives it the consideration she has asked for.]

I fail to see what you get out of this in any way, and furthermore, he hasn't made the case that it's even actually necessary.

[After the torture he went through in his lyrium withdrawals, this man's so-called efforts to do without don't sound as though they amounted to much.]

What, if anything, could satisfy you or give you reason to extend the trust?