Ah, come on, don't, say that. You'd be a lot of things without me, and you know it, and a lot of people do.

[A sigh.]

Hey, being... being unhappy or uncomfortable, it's just a part of how things are, but I know, I feel that way too, which is why this is all, really tough for me. [Since he feels that way about Mindfang as well... There's really no way he can make both Darkleer and Mindfang happy in the end, and that inevitable partial loss is making this one hell of a riddle.]

Y-yeah... I uh, I do. [He pauses, his words hanging a bit before he moves up a hand to slowly touch Darkleer's, still holding that flower to his chest.]