I don't want to go back, either. [She looked down.] I will say this once because I'm not going to beg you to stay but...if you want to stay, I won't blame you for it. I wouldn't think less of you. And no one would know. We would have the paints, but...there are other things we could have to help us.

[She sat down, looking away from him.] But that would be what I would say if I was being very selfish.