[So he's going to have to be on the defensive for this conversation. Not... exactly how he'd been hoping things would go, but Joker knows that at least he still has a chance to explain himself. Snake would be a lot colder or just leave if that was the case, right? He settles down at the edge of his bed, feeling a bit tired.]

[He doesn't exactly want to tell any of this, let alone all of it, but it's obvious he's actually going to have to be honest until he knows more about what the Earl's been telling Snake.]

It's not exactly the kind of thing ya go around tellin' people, even when ya care for 'em... Some of the others weren't comfortable with it just yet even 'tho ya did watch our backs better than anythin'. Ya were still a bit new, after all. [He heaves out a sigh.] Besides, don't know what Phantomhive told ya, but rest of us first tier had our reasons for doin' what we did. Didn't need ta involve ya with our personal dirty business.