"Because I -" he takes a deep breath, trying not to babble. "Because Jeremy said that in where he comes from Harry's from a book and I'm from the same book and that means I'm real but only in some person's head and I don't want to be not real cos then you wouldn't love me, would you? And I -" couldn't bear it if you didn't love me "- I'd kind of, um. Flail about?" He looks up at Desire, biting the inside of his cheek to keep from going on and on again.