[Even that measured tone is honestly better than he expected, though it does leave him staggeringly unsure of where they stand now. All he can really do, now that he's this far in, is... be honest, right?]

... When you talked about... justice, and your home, and your beliefs--I really admired that. Considering the kind of person you are...

[Upstanding, moral, reliable--]

... I felt like... you deserved to know. So you could make your own judgments.

[If Pittman didn't want anything to do with him after all of this, well, Ryuki would respect that--honestly, it's the outcome he's expecting, amidst all of his self-loathing and regret.]