[ she knows, and that's why she wants to push him towards his attachments and tell him it's okay. it's fine to be attached. it hurts to be attached, but that doesn't mean it's not worth it. ]

You're allowed to want that. You're allowed to think it. You don't have to fight that tonight.

It can be another record, or it doesn't have to be part of the record at all.

[ a secret between them two, if it makes him feel a little better about all this. ]