There is a part that wants to snap at Humpty, point out the reason they can't just ask Ellie is because Humpty had him killed, but he bites back that frustration. He's trying not to let that sort of emotion take him over again.

Then Humpty shows just a bit of his own pain and Eric can't help but feel that was the right choice. He puts away the watch again.

"It's been three years for me," he answers. "Those wounds are already scarred over. I don't intend to pry them open."