[Robert, by contrast, is less bogged down in the morality and more enamoured by the possibilities. And as long as it's all mutual desire to be together and to cherish each other's company, is it really so bad even if it happened here, in Luceti?]

... I... only h-hope that... that there is s-some way I can keep these people in my l-lives...

... sh-should they, er, wish to stay, that i-is... [Though he doesn't know if Don ever doesn't.]