But, then: "I don’t know that you had to do this this way, to get what you want. Adoption was an option; don’t pretend that it wasn’t. But... I don’t care. You get what you get out of this. Fucking me. Me cooperating with you fucking me. I get -- I get someone who cares about whether or not I ate dinner and what books I’m reading and about what I need. And I get my friends safe from you and, because I’d never forgive if you didn’t protect them, from everyone else too..." He presses his face against Marvolo’s neck and murmurs, "I got the better deal."