"I've just got no experience of this," he says, voice flat, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "My whole life, it's been...mutual agreement. Easy enough to negotiate. Little was the closest I've ever had to an affair and even that was easy. Now? I've no idea but to let him have all the time in the world but then nothing will happen at all. If it was...a little more each time it would be different, but...he barely lets me touch him."

Once he's started, it's difficult to stop. It comes out as a torrent.