I cannot imagine deciding that the risk of an unjust punishment from a nonsensical and inhumane government could ever outweigh the value of your presence in my life, or the privilege that you grant me by letting me hold you in my arms. And the fact that there are other people I love and care for by no means diminishes how much I love and care for you.

[ His voice is low and steady, but the words come slow and a little halting—even if the sentences themselves are reasonably eloquent, he says them a bit awkwardly, a bit shyly. It's difficult to talk about his feelings like this, but it seems important right now to make the effort. ]