[He looks at him with quiet skepticism for a moment, then closes his eyes. He knows he needs more. More will help. But asking a stranger--even a very generous one--to possibly endanger or injure himself on his behalf is difficult for Sannan to swallow. He resisted her too, at first.

It's also difficult to believe that someone just wants to help him out in a place like this. It seems like it's the sort of place where every man is so busy watching his own back that he can't reach out a hand to others in need of it. And he doesn't want to need... But it's the path he chose, and he must take the indignities with the benefits.]

Though it puts me at risk of sounding like I'm trying to take advantage of you, I'm afraid I'll only accept if you're willing to go somewhere more private. People... are getting rather curious.