"I know how far my self control goes when tested. Ya don't," Shadow said coolly.

He sighs, standing up and he's going to reach for Link's arm. "Leia knows how to listen, at least, and I think she'll be good at explaining stuff. And she knows I can be a mess of something, so it wouldn't be the worse to explain a few things to her."

Maybe not the whole truth, because that is a lot, but he thinks he could get enough to get his own point across.