Jamil closes his eyes, pained, and accepts that this isn't an argument he is going to win, which means he now has to decide how to proceed. Does he come clean that he can do the same thing? There's no reason not to, and every reason in favor. There's no point, no advantage to continuing to lie about this, and he knows Kalim wouldn't even be that upset to learn he'd done so in the first place if it meant they got to experience all this together.

Actually, it's picturing Kalim's excitement that makes the decision for him. Jamil's gut churns with dread at the idea.

"Fine," he says, like he's conceding Kalim's argument and not pointlessly committing to a double life. "Can you just make sure not to do anything without telling me about it? Please?"