His own insecurities and misgivings lodge themselves in his throat. It's hard to swallow past them when he thinks about how the very hand currently holding Hythlodaeus' has strangled someone to death just yesterday.

"...Yes." There is no point in lying here. "Although we once bared our souls to one another and I do believe you loved me then, people change. I know that better than most. People change..."

Worlds, countries, cities - everything can change in the blink of an eye.