You would not do what he has done to you -- not in your current state, your relevant circumstance.

[Chilton had to quickly amend his statement, knowing full well that everything Will had done in that nightmare landscape came from something within him, something dark and gnawing. Memory directed behavior, but even memory had to be experienced through some vessel of personality.]

And the fact that you will not deny it is promising. Uplifting, even.

[He swallowed.]

Reassuring.