"This can't leave this room." He warns. But he also gets the feeling he can trust her. "The older women I was always with in my world... didn't pay me, but I was always compensated. It's... nice to have someone that isn't just looking for that kind of relationship."

He was looking for a sugar mama in a way, but he didn't need Aramat for that. He'd been running his own thing on the side. He wasn't being pushed into it any more. There was no need to do it, "I just... keep going back to that. It's easier."