Doppio's forced smile softened. "I know you all have lives to return to, but...if this never changed, I wouldn't mind at all."

Doppio stood, brushing off Max's jeans. "I know that's cowardly of me, but that's how I feel. Whoever I was before...I'm scared of it replacing who I am now."

Everyone had been so kind and patient. It was only now he felt like he was getting to a place where he could reciprocate.