[quote=Maria] "I am fine with you taking it," she said softly, "I am not fine with the fact that the cure doesn't make me a normal human again..." she then started to eat, "I am happy you said you wanted the cure, I have had several others who I have touched beg even with a clear head to stay by me..." she commented, "I am proud of you." [/quote] Griffin nodded before taking a deep drink of the cure. "It was not easy." Griffin admitted. "But I do not want our relationship to be based on something artificial. I have already been under another's power. I don't want to go through that again."