`` you can get your money to do your precious research project , '' he said , his tone even , `` as long as you agree to marry me . `` i 'm not going to pretend to have the same kind of background , to experience the type of pain you both went through . dont push your luck , i say instead . the revealed sea glowed faintly , as if in response to the sky . he dropped his hand from my chin and stepped back . well , let me connect you to his room . 