"He's not already," David says. But he was considering it. To fix what he loved. But David knew that what he wanted it for couldn't happen. Wouldn't happen. He just wanted to protect the other man.

"It's not just himself. If the bargain was true and he could make the one he wanted, it would affect me too. But mostly I wanted him to not throw himself at a stupid, empty promise. Because he always does. Always lets people use him. I know I shouldn't have said what I did, and now I think he'll stay mad for a long while. I just... I hate it."