"What? No! I'm serious...It...nevermind." Clearly there was not going to be much in the line of convincing people he wasn't crazy.

"I don't...I don't know if I can..." He sighed when she took his hand, reaching out with the other to pull his computer chair over to sit on. "It is complicated. And ugly...and she's going to hate me..." He paused again, looking at Michi with all honesty. "But she'll just get hurt if we stay together."