Jono gave his head a little shake, bunching his shoulders up a little.

//No, that was... later. After I got th'face. She wanted to fix me, or... coddle me, or just make it better, and I was convinced that there was no such thing as better, and wasn't going to let myself become anybody's project.// Which was only a fraction of the whole story, but at least he was admitting that he'd been the one to turn her away? //I needed to put everything I had into keeping myself together. I couldn't focus on a relationship, as well.//