[he looks at her for a moment, but then locks his eyes on the ground]
It wasn't going to happen to my sister, either, because I was supposed to protect her. And I failed and she got burned alive and all I could do was keep lying to her and tell her I was gonna get her out of that place, and then...
It wasn't going to happen to Grace either, 'cause I promised I was going to protect her and stick to her side. And you've seen what happened.
[there's another pause at that, and he's the one squeezing Maya's hands now]
Even if you say it won't happen to you, and even if I didn't make any promise to you, I'm already past the point of "wouldn't have to worry about it". This is all kinda pathetic, really. I don't even know why I'm babbling about this shit. Any other guy would just ask you to stay with him.