In due time, he figures. In due time he can decide what will or will not break Erichthonios to know, and he himself can learn a bit more about the time discrepensies here. For now, is it so wrong to wish to indulge in the other's company? Surely, even though their duty failed in the end, he deserves at least this much.

"Then I will do all in my power to keep you safe." That much at least he's sure he can do. "I do not know why they wish to hold us captive here under their strange demands. Perhaps if we play along for now, we will learn all that we need to know to get home again."