[What a memory. Just how much transpired between that and Levi calling him pathetic…?]

[It’s so jarring, so sudden, that Aubrey just about forgets what Levi said before then. The leftover sentiment is clear enough, though; Levi wasn’t the one who forced the issue. He doesn’t want to be, maybe.]

…Yeah. Yeah, it’s—

He doesn’t want to leave here, again. [And yet, he sleeps.] I think he’ll talk.

[I’ll make sure he does. So much more firm than anything out loud.]