[Friends have always been precious to Maka, more valuable than gold--it's still a wonder to her every day that somehow she has friends, and she made them all on her own. They don't care about her father's status, they don't ask probing questions about what her mother's up to, they're her friends.]

Actually your stunt illustrated to him exactly why he should trust what I say, but I don't think he does it maliciously--Kaneki just wants to give people the benefit of the doubt.

...Which he shouldn't, for obvious reasons. Obvious stuff-besides-you reasons.