Oh, Stephen. I thought I told you I'm no Ariel.

[Now more than ever --

And just like that, he's back to where he was. His expression sours, and he finds himself glancing to the side with a dark expression.]

I thought him a fool for caring so deeply, you know. [He glances back to Stephen now. He doesn't expect the other man to understand any of this, but perhaps if he says it, it will stop haunting him.]

Now I think he is a fool for not caring enough.