Blackout

'I can't read minds, but I got a sense of what meaning really laid behind her words. I knew she loved me, she'd told me a countless number of times, despite the fact that I never said it back to her. I did reciprocate her feelings towards me, but I knew that if I told her that I loved her, everything would become real and I couldn't lead her on like that when I knew that it had to end at some point. I couldn't give her the family she wanted and I wouldn't condemn anyone - especially a person I love - to a horrible life with an unpredictable monster like me.'