It's cute that you think he'd listen to any of them. Almost as cute as thinking that adapt to this culture had anything to do with my terms. This isn't the worst that it could be, but this isn't something anyone would choose. We adapt out of necessity, not desire.

Either way, I said nothing of devoting my all to it. I have plenty of things to do that he has nothing to do with. He is just another of those things.

[ and giving him her all, she's done that already. twice. after all that, having him reset again? she's not sure she has the energy to do it a third time.

she'll give him what he needs, what he's owed, but she can't spare more than that. ]