"It isn't even that," he says, gritting his teeth. "I don't know enough to warrant that trust. I could harm and not even know it."

"I have knowledge enough of the power of Yrael, the Bright Shiner. I have existed with that knowledge for as far back as I can remember. But, I am still learning the power of Yrael, the friend and brother and... caretaker." He still doesn't know what he'll be to Moira.

"And one tends to make mistakes when one is learning. Mistakes could be irreparable." Trust doesn't even come into it.