He offered to pay me if I left him alone. It's not an outright admission of fear, but it might as well be for him.

[Especially since he doesn't have all his Hyperion wealth here. He'd actually be spending money he might actually need.]

Hard to tell. He was pretty angry last time we talked, but that could've just been the alcohol and this weird... haze influencing him. But with me here, and now you, there are people who can confirm what he's really like. Knowing Jack, he's going to do whatever he can to make sure that sort of information isn't made public.