"You mean—?"
"I warped out to Rizal without a clearance. I can leave the same way."
"No Mark! You mustn't! He could kill you!"
"I'll have a paragun by the time I get there."
"Then I'll go too, Mark! Take me with you!"
"No."
"But why, Mark? Why? Don't you understand how I feel? No matter what happens, I want to be with you."
I said, "You still can't go, Celeste. For two reasons.
"In the first place, I still don't trust you.
"In the second, and no matter what you do or have done, I'm not going to let anything further happen to you. Not if I can help it."