Because it hurts. Because it's a lie. I don't have six thousand years to spend believing in something that's just going to be torn away. [he's made that mistake before]

We're family because I can't stand to see you [hurt] whine.

That's fine. I've accepted it. It's where I draw the line. I'm not going to be pulled into you're world where you're with the love of your life and I'm just the bloody stray cat that comes wondering in and treated like everything is normal... because it isn't and it won't be and in the end --

In the end this will all be a dream.