[Oh, he knows. He very much knows. There's a short 'hn' in response, because, well. Something tells him that's not the question he's really being asked.]
Where did you hear these rumors?
[This isn't a matter of being coy. This is him trying to understand what the other is after.]
no subject
Where did you hear these rumors?
[This isn't a matter of being coy. This is him trying to understand what the other is after.]