Would it make you feel better or worse to hear that I'd offer it regardless of whether we'd engaged in our intimacies at all? You asked me what would happen, should this all turn out the best we can hope for. Were it up to me, I would have you someplace safe, where you could be happy.

[But he quiets, feeling as much as seeing the way Ryn's all but vibrating out of his skin with the way this topic of conversation has turned.]

What harm is there in wondering if it could be done?