"Perfectly."

There is not a chance he can avoid it, of course. Not a bloody hope in hell. He does not feel like informing her of this just so she can be appropriately annoyed, but no good can come of hiding it either.

"And when I inevitably feel the need to listen in anyway, either for your safety, someone else's, or other urgent reasons that have not yet occurred to me, I will tell you about it afterward."