"Then how about you start acting like it," Hermes said softly. "How about you stop questioning my devotion to you with every breath, every reminder that I belong to you? Don't you think I know? Why do you think i need to be reminded of my place? Here I am. Right here, and if you're convinced that with every breath I take I'm going to leave you, then clearly there's nothing I can do to change that so I might as well just empty out my bank account and buy myself. You have me. You've had me since the start. You're not going to lose me, not unless you keep forcing me away."