['Manage her emotional reaction' implies some ability to not fly off the handle. Red Son knows there is no staying on that handle. Nor does he expect it.]

[That combined with Yuri's seeming lack of understanding how much Haji means paints a pretty poor picture of what Yuri gets about this situation.]

I am not worried about me. [Because he was never afraid of her. He was afraid what his lying could do TO HER even with the best of intentions. He could accept her anger. He didn't want her pain.]

It'll be a hurricane at minimum.

How is there a betrayal? [Sorry, gotta spell that out because he doesn't see it.]