She'd kinda figured he'd be conflicted about the answer, which was why she hadn't tried to push either way.

"You did," Verity agreed. "But that also wasn't you. Even as a little kid, you had more of a sense of humor. More human. I feel bad for that little boy, stuck on the Mothership somewhere. But the man he's going to grow up into isn't the man who I'm sharing a bed with. Not even close."