[He draws his arm back, draws in on himself until both are crossed lightly over his knees, and he's staring away into the middle distance of the loaded table.]
To talk to you. I didn't want you hearing about it because my communicator turned on at a bad time or--
[Or any of the many mishaps in the city that don't need talking about. But that's not all of why he's here, although now, right in the throes of it, he can't voice out loud exactly why. To hear it's okay? To hear something, vocalised, about why it's not. He doesn't know what it takes to push her into anything more than the unspoken, and at this point he's lost faith that it's possible. To have a relationship, not a secret, even just between the two of them.]
I want to know you're still going to be speaking to me, tomorrow.
[Nothing they've had has been official. He shouldn't feel like he's breaking a promise. He does.]
→ if you're offering me diamonds and rust i've already paid
To talk to you. I didn't want you hearing about it because my communicator turned on at a bad time or--
[Or any of the many mishaps in the city that don't need talking about. But that's not all of why he's here, although now, right in the throes of it, he can't voice out loud exactly why. To hear it's okay? To hear something, vocalised, about why it's not. He doesn't know what it takes to push her into anything more than the unspoken, and at this point he's lost faith that it's possible. To have a relationship, not a secret, even just between the two of them.]
I want to know you're still going to be speaking to me, tomorrow.
[Nothing they've had has been official. He shouldn't feel like he's breaking a promise. He does.]