[ Midnight smiles, but for once, it's a gentle, closed mouth sort of expression. ]

I thought as much, but. I don't like burning bridges if I can help it, but I realize that preserving a bridge may very well cause another to catch alight. It's something that one must look out for... The heart, and the ways it can bruise, even if that struck it had no intention of harm.

[ He really was asking for Yesod and Chesed... He likes them both, but won't pretend he's bonded with them well enough to understand their motives. ]