That will not happen. He will not burden me any longer, since I have told you the truth.
He cannot sway me that easily, Ariel. I would have told you this eventually, of my own volition. He simply provoked me into telling you when I am not ready to fully express myself, and I believe that if I did not tell you any of this, he would find a way to make my life wholly miserable. As well as yours, for that matter.
Understand this, Ariel. I will do all that I can to regain any shred of trust you feel you can bestow upon me. If that includes leaving you to your practices and studies, so be it, and if that means laying all things bare, I will. If you ask anything of me, I will abide. But do not see it as a weakness. The weakness is in keeping that guilt secret from you.