"Ah-- that's the problem, I think," Gonou murmurs. "You see, Jedao worries about being tolerated. I have to convince him that I'm not saying something is all right simply because I don't want to hurt him with a no. Although," he adds editorially, "that's his own fault for being so thoughtful that he's never seen me get stubborn.

"But he's going to keep being hurt if he wants intimacy and all you want is not to hurt us. Please try again. Oh - this time you're not allowed to say 'don't want.'"