"From birth I've done dumb things. I let you go first and you never let me forget about it." As he watched Mia stir the vegetables in the bottom of the pan (she called them aromatics, he called them vegetables; proper terms were for cooks and people that watched Food Network) he gave thought to the question. "I want this all to go away. But I need to talk to her, I guess."
Jon really hadn't been thinking straight, which might have been a defense if not for the fact that he was still doing things he was inclined to do. "I made an island in the South Pacific. Found a volcano that was likely to blow soon and helped it along. I felt bad when it was all over. I guess we were far enough away from anywhere else to cause any trouble, but still. I caused a major geological event just to make her smile. A bit much."