If you are so intent on telling them the truth then I may have no other choice.

[ He crosses his arms, still glaring. ]

They'll find me. Yell at me for keeping them in the dark, and then leave. I'll be alone again, but I have been for the past twelve thousand years so it hardly makes a difference now. So do as you please, Elidibus. If that is all you had to say to me then I'm going to prepare myself for their absence.