Alright. [Deep breath.] She's been here since the human's Christmas- four months, really. That's a long time for this place. I'm not sure if any of us can really afford to run away from this for much longer. Any day, one of us could be back home.

I think... maybe it's best to stop holding back and just dive into a decision- any kind of decision. Sometimes drawing it out can hurt more than anything.

[He squeezes his hand, just a little.]

Sometimes you have to make a decision and hope it's the best one. There's always a chance you could try again, after all. [He gives a weak smile.] I think that's what happened with us, after all. Twice we rejected one another until we finally realized that there wasn't any reason to run from it...