[Would it, though? If Poe came back? Reeve is less sure of that now than he was at the start.]

He and I were together only about six months, Richie. You and I have been at this for what is rapidly approaching a year.

[So he's not sure he would. And he thinks Poe would understand that. As he said when this started, he'd come to terms with losing Poe, and the man was a touchstone in his heart that could not be replaced. But that didn't mean he would walk away from Richie.]