I'm not sure why he trusts me with his secrets and his feelings, when he knows how horribly I can use such things against people. Maybe because I've already done that to him and we came out closer on the other side of it. I do know that I take his trust very seriously and would do anything not to break it again.

"Easier, maybe, but was it better?" I am honestly curious. "At least now you don't have to waste time on... What? Pointless yearning? Not that you just sat around pining." I know him better than that.