//I promised,// Jono agreed, nodding a little. //I'm not going to try to weasel my way out of that now. Just... maybe stop pointing that fork at me before I start telling you, hm?//

No, he didn't actually think she was going to use it. That was his way of acknowledging that he was well aware that she was going to be Not Best Pleased with him, that was all.

//And I'd rather this not leave this room, Morton and I have been keeping this secret for a reason.//

And that reason was, Karla would probably kill them, and then tell them to cut it out for their own good.