[ There's a hesitance to Gregor mentally that doesn't reflect on his face, him trying to decide how much to reveal of how it'd tortured him to feel this way. Surely there's nothing good that can come of admitting it now... Surely there's no reason to put Miles through knowing that.

He doesn't know if he can or should do anything about the jealousy. It seems something not easily resolved. Gregor's had mostly vanished by sheer simple fact of being with Miles now, and his agreement not to sleep with others again. He can at least offer that in turn. ]

I've no intention of doing it again. But you're not wrong that it was something I had to clear up for myself. Doing it with you would have been fraught. [ To say the least. ]