What if they didn't go the same way? What if you just met the guy, hung out with him a few times, and then you found out he's a killer?

[He has no idea how to make it any clearer than that, short of taking the leap himself and just seeing her reaction first hand. Given the fact that Raven is literally the only person on the ship that he actually gives a damn about though, he's still not entirely ready to take that risk yet.]