"Ah, the fact is, I can't turn my empathic abilities off. So I'd be able to win, simply by aiming for you weak spots. Pain particularly" Kalinda said, then flash McCoy a smile "I dont go fighting people, especially those that are...well, unstable at best. Because my own empathic abilities would simply make it horrible for me. And I dislike causing myself discomfort" [i]even if the emotions make me feel allve[/i] she shrugged, "may I go?"

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Connor could tell that the thoughts were whirling around in Kijani's mind, as she tried to figure out what simply could not be figured out. Love. Oh, you could deduce things about it, but it could never simply be figured out. It scared him. Terrified him. To love someone, he had always figured that it wasn't in the cards for him. Oh, he figured he would have had to marry one day, if only to keep the Stark industries in the Stark Family, but he had never imagined any girl could love him, purely for him.

He was afraid. But right now, and for the foreseeable future, he would pretend he wasn't. He would be stable and steady, for Kijani's sake. He was afraid, despite everything, she would think she wasn't worth it, that she didn't deserve to be loved. Afraid she would just...let him go. So he wouldn't let it show, not now

When she said she just wanted to lie down, to go to her room, he took a quick glance around, but the surrounding area seemed deserted, so he scooped her up into his arms, starting back to the dorms, right then not caring if she had any protests to it. He got in the girls dorms, and quickly made the way to Kijani's rooms. He sat down on the bed, still holding her. 

"You make me the type of man I want to be. The thought of not having you in my life...in anyway way...terrifies me...l-let me s-stay" he swallowed