“Don't stress it, Mic. Even so, if you were jealous… we could always give this another shot?”

“Shh! Shut. Up. Okay? It's none of your business who I choose to spend my time with. Besides… he's just ‘interesting’ to be around. Nobody needs to know. I mean… I'm pretty sure the only people in this ivory tower who know anything about the Fears are me, you, and Elias, and he's not exactly going to stop me. I'm not a child, Mic. I know what I'm doing. Even Gertrude supported it. Although… I suppose she mostly saw it as me ‘keeping an eye on the Flesh’. Actually… the more that I think about it-”

Yep, you know me, just love this bookshelf. The uh… dark wood paneling is really something-”