[He knows Heero will be able to read the situation like a book- the way Duo is dancing around the topic, obviously uncomfortable. But, perhaps a little selfishly, he finds himself delaying the inevitable. Half-truths and misdirections were kinda his thing.]

So far? Averted, at least if we're talkin' direct causation. That's... "certain measures", at least initially.

[Duo's mouth twists, and he knows he can't really half-ass telling Heero what he needs to know the most.] It'll only have to be one.

...When you were in training, J ever tell you about the "PPP"?