[Fern is infinitely grateful he has Varian to support him. He doesn't have a good answer either, which means if his boyfriend wasn't here he'd probably be making a very, very bad decision.]
Maybe we should just... take some time and have some space to figure this out.
[That's what he could use, at least. He doesn't trust himself to have that kind of responsibility, even though he's willing to take it. At the same time, he wants to make sure Luca and Luz stay safe - there is no way he's going to allow another Maul incident to happen. He won't let them go through that if he can help it.]
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Maybe we should just... take some time and have some space to figure this out.
[That's what he could use, at least. He doesn't trust himself to have that kind of responsibility, even though he's willing to take it. At the same time, he wants to make sure Luca and Luz stay safe - there is no way he's going to allow another Maul incident to happen. He won't let them go through that if he can help it.]