I'm very aware of that. I know I'm not some... relationship expert, but I'm not stupid.

[A touch of defensiveness might be creeping into his tone, his arms folding as those protective walls of his creep up a little. He and Ruby had been ignoring the fractures between them for months, willfully hoping they'd magically fix themselves. They did not, and they decided to cut it off while there were still fissures instead of gaping chasms. ]

This was as much her choice as it was mine. I didn't run at the first sign of trouble. Neither did she.