This- [ And he tests the words in his mouth, because it is so tempting not to say them. Which is why he needs the order. Because he wants to only say comforting things. Soft things. But he’s a bad liar and she’s too clever by half even in her current state.

(That was the first thing he really said to her, wasn’t it? An accusation of coddling. And here he is.)

-this will happen again. This will always happen again. I could tell you that we won’t let it. I could mean it. But it wouldn’t be true.