I lived over eighty years among idiots and foolish tyrants. I've learned many things, and after spending most of that life alone, the most important is never to take a chance for happiness for granted.

[Grainne softens then, shoulders sagging.]

I will also be dead... and I understand your position, but that makes it so much more important. If you have no time at all, you should as soon as you can...

He will not. He will hold out, hoping he doesn't have to until you bring it up. He is a man... they can fall into battle with ease but rarely have the courage to talk of matters of the heart. At least, when it is truly important.