[Fenris is silent, listening to him. The tenseness in his shoulders slowly eases, and he sits a little more relaxed, the more Kirk speaks, the more the weight lifts off him. This, this he could live with. It would be much the same as it had with Isabela- though Kirk was absolutely more open about his feelings than she was. Still, the pressure of someone expecting more from him- of him being able to hold together an actual, functioning relationship, was lifted.

This was...easier.]

I understand. That...would not be a problem. I am not...well suited to someone needing me completely. I barely have enough pieces of me to make one functioning person with. Trying to hold it together with a more solid relationship is near impossible.

[He can just about be there for himself, he can't hold together another person on top of that. He just can't. ]