Of course I cared! I didn't want to do it, I just didn't see another option. It wasn't like he just happened to be some convenient way to drop you somewhere I could never get back to you again - I didn't want any of you to leave at all. You, him, even Jackie could have stayed forever if I'd thought the universe could have handled it, but it was already bursting as it was.

Not if I can help it. [Oh that didn't sound quite right. He's just not sure whether now is really the greatest time to tell her he was dying when he got here.] I'm not leaving you a third time if that's what you mean.