[ Maybe if he'd VOICED WHAT HE WANTED BEFOREHAND... Well, it would have been it's own series of arguments.

What now. That's the question. ]

That's going to depend. I'm not going to pretend I'm not an absolute mess of ... everything right now. [ Smooth and elegant, Stoker. But he can't quite find a word that encompasses the maelstrom behind those very level words. ]

I want you to stay. I want to work things through. [ That was just the barest fraction bubbling up. He takes a deep breath. ] But I don't know what you want yet.