Gail didn't know how to act around Sara anymore.
He just wanted to be friends.
And he thought Sara wanted to be friends-
But-
Sara wanted to be lovers?
What the hell!
What the hell indeed.
Of course, Gail was against the idea.
He was immortal-
She was mortal-
Eventually she'd die.
And eventually- Gail would be all alone again.
Gail's very existence was a risk to humanity.
Besides, Gail was just running away from reality right now- before coming to terms with and actually dedicating himself to creating a proper cure for the virus. Which he kind of wanted to do and also kind of didn't.
'But with no more cases- couldn't I just-' Couldn't he just settle down with her and-
'Damn!'
No-
That wasn't true.
He liked her-
There was no doubt about it.
But he didn't love her.
Or rather- he didn't think he was good enough a match for her. After all-
And-
