The last thing Jag wanted was to be free, and he closed his eyes for a few moments, swallowing against the tightness in his throat. When he opened them again, he looked more in control - which really meant that he was keeping everything he was feeling on the inside, for now. "Do you want me to go? Right now." It was an actual, proper question, no trick to it; it was him trying not to read too much into what Val had said, despite what his self-esteem issues were insisting.