"If I minded it, I would have put an end to it," he says, after a moment, honestly. "Or, at the very least, made us both miserable by now. Every lover is a bit of trouble - I'm more than a bit, I'm certain."

Understatement, Ivan.

"Do you know, I used to make people nervous, back home, if I went any length of time without someone, though. I always wonder what they worried I'd do."