[A content sigh escapes him once Rip starts getting all comfortable. He pulls her in close, his arm wrapped around her slim waist. If there's one thing that makes him happy in thia world, it's being here with her. Augustine has no idea what he would do if he lost her at this point.

He simply loves her too much.]

I don't know. [He says with a slight chuckle.] It's just that we're so different, you see?

Sometimes I feel like I hinder you by forcing such lofty ideals and standards upon you. I'm not as primal as you are, not as...free, I guess.