[He'll just conveniently ignore that bit about the morse code because uh... Uhhh... Let's not go there right now.]

Because once you know, you know. There's no going back from that. It's not a simple matter of 'he is still alive', as there is a 'why' that would undoubtedly be questioned, yet there is there and here is here. To walk around with such knowledge here would be a burden.