"It's somethin' to think on." And he will this time, now that everything else has failed and Ramon is still a threat.

She asks what he's thinking, but there's too much to say. He's got so much on his mind, and a lot of it is doubts and confusion.

He reaches up to pinch the bridge of his nose, but then remembers it breaking and stops, setting his hand back on the table.

"I'm just -- I'm worried, an' there's so much to figure out. I mean, how long would we go for? It's a nice offer an' all, but Demeter's world... we'd both be out of our element there. It's probably not some place where we could stay all that long.

"And, if Katherine doesn't go, it'll leave her alone against that -- " His jaw tenses, stopping the curse, and he shakes his head. "'gainst Ramon."