[He looks aside. Did he think that? Yes and no.]

...He... let me out immediately, yes. I came back later... to light some of the candles--it was so dark, and I wanted...

[He feels bile rise in his throat. He wanted to be kind, he wanted things to be brighter. He was an idiot.]

He did--warn me that some parts of his soul might want to hurt me. But I thought it to be Som--the man in the field, or even... or even that version of you. In the kitchen.

[Listen it was baby's first heart he didn't even know how these things work.]