I understand that he needs a little bit of time to work through this, because I can see all too plainly myself that it sounds more than a little bit mad. I am, however, too stubborn to let anything go, once I have set my mind to it. This may be my fatal flaw, but that hasbt ever stopped me before.

"I won't go, not until I'm sure you've truly considered it, Will. Because I've already told you that it's the end of it, if you only say no. And you haven't, yet."