[Chilton's smugness and certainty trigger anger within Tobias, who finds the insinuation insulting. He's all too quick to reply with great conviction.]

—Dorian may be like that with everyone else. But not with me. He wouldn't just become bored with me. If there truly were a point to be made, he'd have made it.

[It's through this angry outburst that his fear manifests—the dreadful fear from the swear-in, the possibility that Dorian would leave him. Dorian hadn't even imagined in their home world that Tobias would come back. And for the whole year that Dorian had been in this world, he hadn't so much as hoped to see Tobias again. He remembers Dorian's admission from their first conversation, when he'd broken into Dorian's place. Back then, Dorian had expected to see Abduxel, not him.

And so, as he continues, his protestations the very same arguments he wants to believe.]

He does support me, care about me, like no other. [A beat, and then a reminder:] I am his heart's desire.