"I could die, and barred from coming here, but that is the only thing that wil stop me. As long as I have one ounce of myself about me, I will never abandon you. I swear to you, never."

The words are pushed out with an incredible intensity as he looks at her.

::I love you and I will not be kept from you, not by anything...::

He gently hugs her. He doesnt know what is happening but fear cluthces him, and then it is forced down by anger and by love and by certainty. He will NOT fail her.