[It's difficult to say, but he forces the word out, forces it to sound almost normal. Ben isn't who he would have chosen for Anya - but he knows more than ever that it isn't his place to choose for anyone. She came to her own realizations just as he did, and Ben was one of them.
All he can do, now, is make sure he doesn't need to worry about them.
(He'll always worry about her.)]
Because she cares for you too, and if you manage to hurt her [you, his voice says, not some other version of him, but the Ben she loves] then I will come back.
[He has a crooked smile on as he speaks, because it's far from a real threat. Not entirely empty, he cares too much for that - but the point is that he knows. That she cares. That he does.]
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[It's difficult to say, but he forces the word out, forces it to sound almost normal. Ben isn't who he would have chosen for Anya - but he knows more than ever that it isn't his place to choose for anyone. She came to her own realizations just as he did, and Ben was one of them.
All he can do, now, is make sure he doesn't need to worry about them.
(He'll always worry about her.)]
Because she cares for you too, and if you manage to hurt her [you, his voice says, not some other version of him, but the Ben she loves] then I will come back.
[He has a crooked smile on as he speaks, because it's far from a real threat. Not entirely empty, he cares too much for that - but the point is that he knows. That she cares. That he does.]