I'd think that goes without saying, monsieur, since neither of us have even heard about it before now.

[He pauses for a moment; considers. There are a lot of reasons for him to just leave it there, and it'll certainly be decidedly easier if he does.

After a moment's deliberation, he presses on with it anyway.]

You seem...better now. Are you all right?

[...it's probably sad, that that was legitimate trying...]