[Law aside, it's been ages since he had so much physical contact with anyone. In fact, aside from a few regrettable one-night interactions, and hand-to-hand combat, it's been a good many years. It's nice. Kind of funny, too, how completely dwarfed her hand is by his.

Her question would be harder to answer if he hadn't already explained himself to Newton and found it wasn't so hard to talk about after all. Honestly, he could talk about Law all day long to anyone who would listen if they'd let him.]

Not exactly. I mean, I'm not doing it for myself. I was taking care of someone back home, a sick kid. He needs someone to look after him, and if I don't fix things, he'll be left on his own. He can barely walk on his own, so...

[Thinking about that poor kid dying alone out there in the snow is infinitely worse than what happened to himself. He told Law to get out of there, and maybe he did, but how far can he really make it without someone to keep him safe and warm?]