Somehow that meant more than it should have, and she weighed his words in her mind as if she might find new meaning if she looked close enough. He didn't want to leave. Too many people did. It wasn't always a choice, though, and that was harder to bear; there was no one to blame for that.

"Really?" she asked, lashes fluttering, playful. "I just thought it was a good way to keep from getting bored. I might take up juggling next."