I know that now, but at the time I felt so selfish. I wanted to share my secret with other people, but I was only reminded of all the reasons I had not to.

[ Shaking his head. She had already told him off for those reasons, and repeating them wasn't going to earn him any points. ]

I thought I... I thought that to you I was just this dumb farm boy; just some guy you found in a corn field who ate apple pie and wasn't at all extraordinary. I didn't expect you to see through me--or anyone else for that matter.