Too many questions. There were simply too many things left to... chance wasn't even the right word. Fate even less of the proper term. If anything it was just a tempt of fate. But Selene had lived long enough to know that while many things were out of your control... not everything was. This... this time here and now was a conscious choice perhaps neither option was satisfactory but regardless of that fact tempting that strength he struggled for was just the choice he was perhaps going to make.
She hated every bit of it but it was not her choice to make.
The only choice she could make was how she dealt with it all. While she was trying to make the good choices she always spoke to patients about for once in her life following her own advice was far harder than she would have liked. But in this moment, at least for now she would do everything in her power to let Cassius leave and do what he must without the added worry of her. How long that would last... however was far more up to grabs.
"I..." Selene pulled in a cleansing breath of air, far more for her mind than body. "I know that I can't ask you to abandon her again." No matter if she wanted to but perhaps even part of Selene didn't want to sink quite to that level of heartlessness. It surprised her that the idea of it even existed in her. "Just don't sacrifice yourself in the process... she made choices as we all have had to." That Selene wouldn't budge on. One could be handed a bad deck of cards but choices always existed.
"No I don't." The words were said firmly into his skin, her muscles still holding the tense rigidity of the fear and frustration that she felt... still making her nerves tingle. The urge to shove at him still burned under her skin but it was tamped down by the very fact that she knew this could be one of the last times she stood so close to him. A very real threat that she loathed. It made her arms curl more tightly around his form, her face press closer to his form. It of course was far from enough but she feared it would have to do.