[Not that he really wants to get into the specifics of why it's different, right now, but. There was still loyalty bought and traded there, after all; how necessary it'd been is another question entirely.]
Cards on the table: I don't want you to fall in love with me. You would wind up hurt, and I don't want that. And I don't want you to take it personally or brush it off with coy little games. If those sorts of feelings were a risk, then I would want to stop this before it ever got that far, so you wouldn't get hurt.
I know that's not very charming of me. But I'm open to a great deal more, contingent on assurances that you're not going to be in a position to get hurt.
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[Not that he really wants to get into the specifics of why it's different, right now, but. There was still loyalty bought and traded there, after all; how necessary it'd been is another question entirely.]
Cards on the table: I don't want you to fall in love with me. You would wind up hurt, and I don't want that. And I don't want you to take it personally or brush it off with coy little games. If those sorts of feelings were a risk, then I would want to stop this before it ever got that far, so you wouldn't get hurt.
I know that's not very charming of me. But I'm open to a great deal more, contingent on assurances that you're not going to be in a position to get hurt.