[Frowning mightily at Dick at that first response. Boi you better take care of yourself. But he's distracted, first by the thot book and then by Yams' line of question, all of which leads to a thoughtful pause when Dick makes his request]

... I've got my reasons, but I'm not about to let Heart get injured.

[Spoken mostly to the pup sword, but he'll let Dick in on this, too. Given what he suspects/knows, he thinks the guy has a right to hear] Just try and keep their name outta any conversations for now. Remember -- there was that shitty rock that had a heart on it, and it was exed. So we're gonna have to be strategic with what we share.

[A pause, and this part he looks to Dick]

I don't wanna put Yasusada in too rough of a position, people are gonna be all over him the moment they see he's injured, so maybe he can direct anyone to us if they got pressing questions?

[They can veto this if they want. He's just spitballin']