[This reply is a little longer in coming. It's agree or explain himself, the roiling mixture of jealousy and protectiveness and self-loathing beneath his reluctance to get any closer. He's not going to do that. And he's sure he can dodge them most of the time.

He sounds steady again when he answers.]

Honestly, I'd rather not inflict that room on Sypha, even if you have the sensibility of a wild boar. I can come to hers.