Pansy could tell that he hadn't been expecting her response. She sighed. 'Oh, Cass, you have to know I won't judge you. How can I? I've done at least as bad, in my lifetime, and I know you know it!' She looked at him, shaking her head.
She listened to him, feeling great sympathy for him. 'Darling, just because you prefer to not get emotionally involved with people doesn't mean that you don't feel things just like everybody else.....' she sighed.
Pansy looked at him, her eyes large. 'Oh, Cass!' she finally cried softly, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging. She just felt so bad for him!
'I don't like the idea of you being alone,' she told him. 'Alone doesn't help,' she added. 'You think it will, but it really doesn't.