Keeping my distance is... not an option.

[ The collateral damage alone makes it a bad idea. But the damage to their relationshsip that would cause is astronomical. It's also not something he wants or could even really maintain in his current state. He feels too much for and about Jacobi to stay away. ]

I don't want our old relationship. I want a new relationship. That's actually... a relationship.

[ The tone makes it clear what he means. ]