These were all extremely reasonable fears and hesitations. "I'm not looking to be a parent," he said, though he knew what Peter meant. "But I can't promise that I won't be controlling. That was always a problem. Girlfriends and boyfriends used to say that they could manage it. That they knew where he was coming from and that it was less about restrictions on their liberties than the illusion that Simon made the rules, but it always became a point of contention. It was always a problem in the end.

That worried him more than anything.

"If this doesn't work out, I want to make sure it won't affect our work with JC," he said, solemnly. "If you believe for even a moment that it might, you must tell me. I won't do anything to jelpardize the Twelve."