Yeah, but I don't want to hurt her again. [He pauses, hesitant to admit what comes next:] I've already rejected her once, you know.

She had these feelings for me, and I couldn't - I couldn't say anything because I still liked Elena [the subject of one too many talks before this] and because I was Muslim and - [He sighs.]

Because I had a lot of unanswered variables, and I thought I had them figured out by the time she left. Except I look at her, and they become unsolvable again.