[ she can understand where he's coming from with what he may or may not know. she sighs and shifts her hold on the kitten as it vies for more attention. ]

That's one of the things I wish would change about him. [ how much of it is hiding his hurt, how much of it is actually not being able to feel the hurt anymore. ] He told me, after this, he wants to live somewhere new with Adolphe. I want that for him, too.

I have to go back home, and that's not somewhere where either of them should go, even if they wanted to.