"I don't know," John answers thoughtfully. "I thought so once."

But Jessica has been dead for a very long time now, longer than he likes to think about, and the urge has never really struck him since then. Which isn't to say he doesn't want to be with Karen in the long term, because he very much does. Living with her is a bigger step than he's taken with anyone before. Even he and Jessica had never gotten that far, despite how badly he'd wanted to marry her at the time, and he feels like sharing his space with someone, sharing his secrets, is a more intimate gesture for a man like him.

"Karen and I moved in together," he says. "And what about you? Do you think you'll get married?"