[What's with both Cú sniping with such precision? He could take offense— oh well.]

Do you think it could work if I wasn't being honest? [it's because of his honesty that things work so well between them. Archer is trying to be honest with himself too, otherwise he could go feral. But enough of this.]

What will you do if your Bonded jumps into fight to aid you, or to watch your back? Will you tell them to run away and leave you to die?

[Hello overthinking. That's just Archer being Archer and not being even remotely sorry.]