"I don't want you around the people that I love, the people you can hurt. I told you, I felt like they weren't safe around you."

Of course Mark had also said he hadn't felt safe but... Well, it had been a while, and Damien had respected the line between them. And he could feel the guy's emotions. That sorta... reshaped stuff some.

"I'm so certain they're going to ask us to repay everything. This is me, looking a gift horse in the mouth."