The ship is... different. She's a commitment, but she expects back from me things that I can give. The crew expect back from me the things that I can give to them - the promise to lead them well, or at least try, to do the right thing. They're my family and the ship's my home.
It's when someone wants... more that things don't go well. I can't choose someone else over the mission. I can't settle down. I don't want to. And it's...
[ He took a breath. ]
It's only the people I saw those three little words to that leave me. Even if I don't, sometimes they do it all the same. There's enough heart break in the universe as it is.