...I know. But when this is over...I'm going to be furious. I'll push you away and say or do anything I can to chase you off. Please--forgive me for that much, if nothing else. Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius. Yet beneath all of that...some fragment of this shall remain. As long as it takes.

[He lightly pulled one hand away, only to bring it to Ignis' chin and guide him to look up--and meeting him with a kiss.]

If I am still capable of it at all, then I love you too.