[klondike mary] It was 'orrible, 'orrible.

[klondike mary]

"I can't talk about it. I really can't talk about it.
Especially I can't talk about it to you, my dear."

Who is talking, and why, and what is the experience they can't discuss?

[Jenny]

Are both participants HAMs? Or one HAM and one HAF?

[klondike mary]

Are both participants HAMs? Or one HAM and one HAF?A HAM is speaking to a HAF.

[Mimino]

Talk about something he saw? heard? experienced? did?
Did she ask him about it?
Is he afraid talking about it would have bad consequences? for him? for her? for them both? for someone else? for the whole humankind?
Is it a secret only he knows?
Are they both related to each other? married to each other?

[klondike mary]

Talk about something he saw? heard? experienced? did? No to all except 'heard.'
Did she ask him about it? n.r.
he afraid talking about it would have bad consequences? for him? for her? for them both? for someone else? for the whole humankind? Many for a group of people, of unspecified number, and unspecified degree of consequence. Basically, becaiuse he was told not to talk about it.
Is it a secret only he knows? No.
Are they both related to each other? married to each other? No to both. However, they do have the same employer.
Mimino

[trebor]

War time relevant? Is one of them a spy?

[klondike mary]

War time relevant? YopishIs one of them a spy? No, neither.
trebor

[GalFisk]

Yopish war? Yopish time (such as the outbreak of war, or the ending)? The cold war? Was he told not to talk about it by a government entity? Corporate? Military? National security? His employer? Did he want to talk about it? Relevant why he calls her "my dear"? Are they romantically involved? Is he patronizing her by calling her that?