Yes, I can see the value in keeping most newcomers on a need-to-know basis, at least for while they come to grips with the initial shock of arriving.

You'll have little need to pull punches regarding myself. Rather, it can help me wrap my head around some of these more blatantly impossible concepts to have a physical person who can hopefully explain matters in more detail. Of course, maybe I'm just misunderstanding. [He looks down, speaking with a slight distance.] Such as, this world's definitions of "death" and "arrival" may be different from the ones I am familiar with.