Potemkin doesn't need Ky to go all the way to the end. He nods and speaks up before he finishes.

"No, I am thankful that you've been so...understanding, all things considered."

Courtship would have been one thing (even if the practice is intimidating for him in sheer alienness), changing Ky's mind is completely out of the question with that motivation.

"We each know more and can do better moving forward," Potemkin tries to put an optimistic spin of the lack of answers in sight. "I will understand if you don't want to room together anymore," he addresses one issue that will become apparent very soon. As soon as their walk is over.