"Because I don't want too! I don't want it anymore." He put her away from him once she seemed to sag against him. He couldn't take that. It was hard to just stand there in her presence. He unbound his grace from her own, and took a few steps back. "It's best you think I'm an ass. I... I can..." He shook his head before he turned away.
His guard dropping. Why had he the urge to just kiss the breath from her? Why was that fair? He drew his grace around him like a shroud. He hadn't the wings they did. All he had was the force of life, which was being drained out of the ground around him. "Just go. Take out your... Agression on someone who gives a damn."