Heh. [He smiles with a soft chuckle. He hadn't been called that in a long time. It was nice.]

You'd tell me if you wanted to stop, right? I wouldn't want you to do something you're not ready for or don't want just for my sake.

[He's pretty sure she would, but there is that part of him that sees so little value in himself. It will take some time before he really and fully believes that he could be worth more that just pity or someone to pass the lonely hours with.

He'd be happy either way. So long as Kitty was happy in her own choices as well.]