Panel 1: In Casey's room, Casey continues to cry as a baffled Marie confronts him.
Marie: So you didn't want a relationship. Did you ever think of just saying, "I don't want a relationship"?
Casey: It wouldn't have worked.
Panel 2:
Marie: I am a rational human being, Casey.
Casey: I'm not.
Panel 3:
Casey:
If we'd stayed friends, I would always have been tempted, and I don't
deal well with temptation. I had to make sure my feelings were a moot
point.
Panel 4:
Marie: Congratulations: they really, really are.
Casey: Yay me.
Alt-Text:
If you are puzzled by Casey's strategy, think of it like this: he's
like someone who stops himself from eating cookies by ensuring that all
the cookies in the world HATE him.
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