[he's going to get wrapped up. there's literally no force great enough to stop him from getting wrapped up. he devoted his life to keeping this under wraps and a dead daughter is all he has to show for it.]
[he's never been the argumentative or stubborn sort and so he's disinclined to pick a fight (he wore himself out on that much already this morning) and so lets her draw her own conclusions from his silence]
no subject
[he's never been the argumentative or stubborn sort and so he's disinclined to pick a fight (he wore himself out on that much already this morning) and so lets her draw her own conclusions from his silence]