I assure you, Andrew. That is something I will never forget.

[ Trust is hard-won, after all, and he understands why that is.

To say it's even more difficult to earn it in a place that breeds distrust like this goes without saying. ]

I have lived far too long to allow the danger of it to slip me by.

[ And he can tell she's tired now, so he's happy to continue a whispered conversation, or to save it for later.

🎀 ]