Jake noticed Kovu cringing when asking the question, but he didn't press it. Something about that told him Kovu knew who it was, but he must have his reasons to be silent about it. One of his brows slightly rose for a moment, but then he let it be. That didn't mean he was okay with that--but hey, he had bigger things to worry about.

Could always ask someone else, or just wait and find out the info, Jake concluded.

So, change of topic? "...I have one more thing to ask, if that's all right. Just something I'm a little curious about, but it's no big deal if none of you are not up to that." He might as well try to end this meeting, for his part, on decent terms.