I'm not spying on your personal affairs, if that's what you're worried about.

[Hmm. There's a moment where he considers using a joke to deflect, but... Slaine deserves better than that.]

...but I know a number of the extremists who escaped on the day you came to rescue me saw your face. I've only kept tabs on you just enough to be certain that you weren't near any of the places where I later found them to be hiding.

[Just enough to make sure Slaine isn't being made a target by those who remain on the run.]

[...which also kinda explains what he's been up to all this time.]