"Oh, uh-" Somehow he'd forgotten that particular step in the process, and a part of him is kicking himself that he'd neglected that blatantly obvious part. "R-right, of course."

He still hesitates despite himself, because it's just- it's a lot, to be able to trust someone with that. Even if it was Numbers, who had done nothing but help him with all their criminal bullshit. But he does, after a few seconds, reach out to try.