Because there are some things you don't tell others in good conscience - once someone knows things, it's impossible for them to return to a place where they didn't know.
There are some things you don't need to know about me, for that reason.
[...You know, at the very least this seems to have calmed him down? Arguing about the dogs is pretty much par for the course as their discussions tend to go, and it's better than thinking about the...everything else that happened earlier in this conversation.]
[And he appreciates that as well, in his own way, though he isn't entirely sure how to express that competently. So he just...kind of doesn't, but he does seem pleased with it, at least.]
Page 16 of 200