[He doesn't quite look at her, mostly watching from the corner of his eye and taking note of her current disposition. He's hardly surprised by the question seeing how he sure did try to jump the poor guy.

On the other hand, he's not sure what Clover would do with the information either so...there's a pause. What could it hurt? She probably wouldn't tell anyone and he didn't have to tell her everything.]

I don't think I've gotta say that you're keeping this to yourself. [Don't hit betray, Clover.] He told me exactly what happened and how everything happened that night. It's the only reason I can't put the blame on him for what happened to Allen. [There are things you can't prevent.] Besides, I'm gonna guess he already feels bad enough about Allen. [...not necessarily Machias, but again, he can sympathize with that.] It was all just a wrong place at the wrong time kind of thing.