It's not as though Ellis hasn't had time to consider the phrasing of the request. But still, there is an answering quiet. Ellis looks down to the lanky cat sprawling over his lap to put a hand over her bony ribs.

"I was very forthcoming with you in that dream," Ellis says, words coming slowly. "And it would be a kindness, if you were to keep that between us."

Or better yet—

"And put it from your own mind."