Oh that's very fair. If I start taking on the burdens of everyone, I will become exactly the kind of person I've been trying to keep Caleb from becoming, and then it'll be a big mess.
[He pauses. Nothing good ever comes from someone using those words, but it feels a little shitty to just say no. He settles for pretending like such a thing is unlikely to be dangerous.] Yes, darling?
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[He pauses. Nothing good ever comes from someone using those words, but it feels a little shitty to just say no. He settles for pretending like such a thing is unlikely to be dangerous.] Yes, darling?