It's not that you're a horrible person. [He sits, himself.] I think Jesse truly, dearly wishes to have someone love him completely unselfishly at the moment. With all the bitterness and mistrust, he's exhausted. He just wants to be safe to feel something.

I've had many companions, and despite what you say? You never love two people in precisely the same way. He can't love her more than you, because she's someone else, and you're you.

But... you're also a young woman under quite a bit of strain, and it's difficult to be his friend when he's in this state, very well his lover. His temperament is making him abusive and unsavoury. I do think it can improve, but I don't think you should have to suffer through it for that liberating moment if you don't love him that much.

[If she does, though...]