"If--" and he's careful to say 'if', rather than make any assumptions on Arthur's part, "if you end up feeling something stronger, more serious... I don't think I'd be able to give you that. And I don't want you to miss something better because of it."

Eames pulls a face, because it feels like a bad thing to have sait, but here they are. "I guess I just got worried. I don't want this to be a problem for you further down the road."