That's half the point. [Baren makes a vague gesture.] I don't get how, but some people find it easier to open it up to people who aren't their close friends. Probably because there's no worry of breaking a relationship? And at the very least, by nature of being [an unapologetic asshole] myself, I probably don't have room to judge whatever you did.

[Baren's good at lying - the fibs sound just like sincerity. In this case, it's really just sincerity. There's a nonchalance in the way that he talks, like he's just explaining what he's observed and known to be fact. As for his stake in the matter:]

I'm here for Taba-chan, not you. You still care about her, so I figured that at least would be something we could agree on.