"I do." Trust you. He doesn't have to say it; he knows that. But he did say for Istredd to trust him earlier that day and that was acknowledged. He can equally give voice, or rather clearer thoughts, to it.

And more than anything, he trusts Istredd on a mental battlefield.

Mmm, is the hummed acknowledgment.

"We should eat. You want me to bring food here so you don't have to see more people?"