I thought about that. After, I mean, once I was done being furious. That I should have insisted before things went so sideways. But I couldn't. The thought of not following him was impossible. I'd sooner have torn off half my limbs.

The cowards way out, I know. [ Score one for Peng. ]

If it was just that, and not that he's been able to show everyone else he's met ever since a hundred times the consideration, it might feel surmountable. As things sit I'm left wondering why I was so easy to take for granted.

[ Also the murder thing puts a damper on matters. But there are some things he really can't say. ]