Hartley nodded and walked with Cisco, licking ice cream and staying silent as he did so. Much better to focus on keeping the ice cream from running down to his fingers than the thing they should probably discuss at some point. He waited until they were around a corner, finally speaking. "The last three relationships I had were... Kind of a mess, to say the least. Pretty abusive, in different ways, since I just know how to pick them. I started off very naive and romantic, which, I know, you wouldn't believe, given when you met me, but trust me, outside the lab I was mostly a pushover wanting to please the One."