QUOTE : About the last thing I said yesterday,” Jared said. “I’m sorry, and I didn’t mean to upset you. I was just surprised. I didn’t realize you thought about it that way.”<br /><br />“Okay, thanks for that,” said Kami, and began to walk determinedly down the passage away from him.<br /><br />“Kami,” Jared said behind her. “I’m—I’m honored that you did.”<br /><br />Which was not, Kami noted, “Let’s be together, then.” It was one of those nonsense things that people said, like “It’s not you, it’s me” and “You’re too good for me.” It meant, “I would like to very politely and very swiftly escape this relationship, like a Victorian gentleman in a rocket.