by Feshta
But this is confusing. They have been alone together in the middle of wilderness and he never thought to say anything about his life!
Not lying, but lie by omission which can be just as bad.
Not sure why she didn't just walk away now, she will never be able to trust him to tell her everything relevant in the future. Interesting to see how you write his explanation for this deceit.
He isn’t an open book. He’s in the wilderness to be alone and doesn’t feel like sharing his history is going to be a useful endeavour. He wasn’t exactly expecting to find her and his history is painful