[It'd felt wrong in his head before. It feels even more so, now that she's said it.]

No... no. No way. There's nothing inevitable about it if it's a choice you can make in the future! How could that possibly be the best option?

[He grits his teeth, suddenly vehement. All he'd needed was confirmation. Locking herself away- he doesn't like that either. But being completely erased, over a maybe? It's absurd. It's wrong, so wrong.]

There has to be something else. I won't accept that.