[He looks a little startled at that, as though he wasn't expecting to actually be asked.]

...I wonder. I fear that whatever I ask you to do in regards to Five will be merely taken as me trying to control him.

[He shakes his head.]

I want him to understand that I'm not purposefully seeking to hurt him. In truth, I do not even understand what it is that sets him off so, but it sounds as though me trying to understand that is not welcome. And I do not wish to let myself get trampled for his satisfaction.