"Of course." They would be there together, on another plane, in a place where the telepaths weren't bombarded by noise or the effort of keeping it out, and where Scott could share his whole self without agonizing over the words. Everyone said Scott was closed off, and he was, except with those he loved. "And I'm glad you think that. Because when we're like this, in the dark and naked and talking, all I want to do is keep this feeling." The intimacy of it. The world reduced to only the bed, only the two of them.