No. [His tone is quiet. Moody. ] It just would have made everything a lot easier is all. No one would have had to get their hearts broken at all. It wouldn't have been a risk.

[But he knows it's dumb and... probably amoral, too. Neither Fern nor Ruby would like the option if he gave it to them. He's pretty sure about that. So he's going to have to deal with this the hard way.]

They don't feel valid. They feel selfish.