"I care," Sean protests, but he shakes his head a moment later, curling towards her. "Ye're right, though, I know't, I jus'... I don't know. I want ta protect ye. I want ta be someone who's good f'r ye, who's stable an' together, at least in this, e'en if I make a mess out o' everythin' else in me life. I... I dinnae ken what 'm e'en sayin' anymore."