Nnm. You did test me a fair bit, didn't you?

[Ethan exhales a little laugh, shifting his weight. It still feels... odd, in the moments after. Not too bad, but still.]

I thought I told you not to stop, even if I begged. I can still think, after all.

[It is what brought them back here, that absolute need to test how much Connor meant what he said. After all, Ethan doesn't fully believe all, or even a lot, of what he's told.]