"I just didn't tell you," he says, letting his eyes fall closed again and breathing out another hitching sigh. "It's not stupid-- I mean, it is, but..." He opens his eyes again, looks past Hobbes and off into the jungle.

"When I'm with you, when we're... It's special." He looks back down at Hobbes, gaze as open as he can make it. "I don't go spreading that around. It's too important."