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I am at least as surprised as Carl by the quickness of my retort. We are quiet as we approach Westminster Highway, then I feel his hand on my knee. "Take it off. Now." He promptly removes his hand. As I stop for the red light at Number Three Road he says with a weary sigh, "I´m sorry." "Look, Carl, we have lots of time to figure it out. We've only known each other, just less than two weeks, and we have been almost constantly together. We both need time." "That's a refusal?" "Maybe a postponement." "We are called to be together." "That I have no question about. But we are going to need time, at least several months, to really get an idea of where we are going to go with this. Right now..." "Yes, the others. Chris, I am sorry, that was premature. You're right", he says as we pull into the parking lot of the hotel where Erik has been staying...