[ he meets his eyes without shying away, offering him some semblance of a smile. ]

Because of you. [ which isn't a reminder he wants to get into, though larus just decides to move right into what's been on his mind since the early hours of the morning. ] And I won't hold anything you said against you if it's not something you really wanted to offer.

[ the contract, he means. living there with him. exhaustion can do a number of things, and if both of them had been tired enough to simply sleep, it's telling as to what could have been brought up in the heat of the moment. ]