"You can have all the time," he says. "Look, Maria. The quota thing here, it's serious. I've been meeting it. I'm not...alone, here."
He doesn't know the right way to say it, in part because he and Dick have never defined anything about who they are to each other. It's complicated, because it always is, for Michael. But the simplest part of it is that he's not pining after anyone right now, because there's someone who makes him feel good just by being nearby.
He doesn't outright want to say that, because she's obviously hurting. But he doesn't want her not to know it, either.
"I have someone. He's a really good guy, his name's Dick. So I'm telling you, I don't expect anything. And I don't want to hurt you, that's the last thing I want."
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"You can have all the time," he says. "Look, Maria. The quota thing here, it's serious. I've been meeting it. I'm not...alone, here."
He doesn't know the right way to say it, in part because he and Dick have never defined anything about who they are to each other. It's complicated, because it always is, for Michael. But the simplest part of it is that he's not pining after anyone right now, because there's someone who makes him feel good just by being nearby.
He doesn't outright want to say that, because she's obviously hurting. But he doesn't want her not to know it, either.
"I have someone. He's a really good guy, his name's Dick. So I'm telling you, I don't expect anything. And I don't want to hurt you, that's the last thing I want."