Rejection was the numer one fear in most relationships. Or non-relationships. Nobody wanted to be told they weren't good enough or worthy of affection from the one person they wanted. Lloyd knew this all too well, had experienced it recently.
"If you are afraid that things are going to start happening again then already, there's a lower chance that they will," he reasoned, gesturing with his hands as he liked to do. "This... thing with Duncan. You can't let it linger. You have to be honest with him. The worst thing that can happen is you let all this fester beneath you and it'll make it more difficult to deal with when eventually, finally, things come out. You must be honest with each other, because then you can move forward in whatever direction that's available to you. Hopefully you'll have a choice... but, given your circumstances," and by that he meant being a succubus, "you have to look at this objectively."