[ okay, good. holding his hand tightly - i'd say enough to hurt, but that's not the kind of thing yves can feel. ]

I do not think you are perfect, or beyond reproach. But I believe you have good in your heart, and more kindness than anyone should carry.

I won't argue that you didn't betray her. You did. But sometimes that is necessary. I broke Hawke's trust, when I destroyed the Chantry. And I did it because I loved him, because I did not want him caught in the violence of that decision. And you have broken Firefly's trust because you did not want to see her suffer a worse fate. We have both had to hurt and kill more than our share of people we love. I think-- Everything I feel, everything I want, my love is too violent. And perhaps yours is too. But we did it because it was the best and often only way we knew how to love them.

I know you are seeking condemnation because it will match the feeling in your heart right now. That you are desperate for someone to see the parts of yourself that are ugly, and frightening. But I see them, and I am not afraid. And if you are not willing to condemn me for that same ugliness, if you are still willing to love me, then you cannot ask me to not return the same for you.