"I'm not too kind," he disagreed. "Just a little while I was horrendous to you. If I was too kind, we'd both be dead. I'm an appropriate amount of kind, and every word I've just said to you is true." He smiled, wrapping an arm around her waist, and running his other hand over her hair. "If I could, I'd take you away to somewhere safe. All of you. If only I could."