“That is not why I ask!” he snarled savagely. “That is not why I worry!” He swiped his claws through the air. “Let my memory all be torn asunder. Let the entire universe tremble under the weight of my maddened rage. Let there be no hope left for me, no hope left alive for anyone! I do not care a whit for it, any of it, if I do not have you!”
