I know you won't. Just the event itself is...more than enough for you, isn't it? [He surprised himself with voicing that thought. But the ugly feelings before, still linger like a echo. He knows it had been her feelings. As layered as they are he has seen them dozens of times.

He feels a twinge of self loathing that translates into the link.] After all, we were all wired to seek despair. Not love.