[He's quiet for a very long moment. Cliff is warm and the rest of him is cold and it's tempting to just lay against the first, save for remembering that this is Cliff, a human person and not just a wolf.]

I suppose I get that...

[It's one of many reasons he held back his confessions from Nekane until the last minute.]

I just don't know what there is to screw up. Y-you're a great kid.

Th-thanks for this, by the way.