[Okay, just. Give her a moment to process that. It's obvious he's thought about this pretty intently, which makes sense - he had to plan to kidnap her.

Maybe one day, she wouldn't feel so far behind him. But that wasn't relevant. What he was saying was... hmm.]

But I choose to keep my life busy. I'm doing these things because I think that they're important, or because I enjoy them. You might say "Luceti" owes us a break, and maybe it does, but you don't get to choose what form that break for me will take - I do. It's my life and my choices.