“He had a life before this. He had things he wanted, things he’d earned. He should be living his fucking dreams out playing in the Solarian Pitball League right now. Not stuck here teaching. His mother is a fucking psychopath, his sister disappeared years ago, and he hasn’t been able to make a single decision for his own happiness since the moment my father linked him to me. But somehow, in among all of that shit, he found a girl to love. But you, selfish motherfucker that you are, want to rip that away from him too?”