I do not see the harm in... expressing our interest in such things. It is all in how it is approached. Better to be up front about it, rather than turn to what may come across as deception. You already had made such inroads before.
Otherwise, they might simply feel as though their earned trust was a means to use them all along for it. Though they could think that anyway.
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Otherwise, they might simply feel as though their earned trust was a means to use them all along for it. Though they could think that anyway.