"But my love, these are lives we sacrifice for us, are we to be this selfish?"
It was a question she struggled to answer herself, especially when she curled herself against him, silently agreeing that indeed her mortal wanted him too. She was growing tired of thinking about these things, about feeling guilty. Iounn wanted nothing more than to not speak of any of this and forget it was a problem to be this young and to have a dying midgardian father in the hospital.
"I should go home," she stated suddenly. "I mean her home, I am tired."