Kitt stiffens, coming near to recoiling... but then he quietly speaks - "Perhaps it's not so simple for humans. I can put some limiter in place. But I saw what happened. Michael loved Stevie and she left. If she hadn't, Michael would have left me. I nearly told Bonnie, and she wouldn't even break out of that drug's hold for me. No. I'm not going to let that happen."

He consciously does not mention how Nick loves Natalie, and her leaving. To him, he's seen example after example. He has no reason to believe otherwise.

"So please don't say you love me. Say you care, if you have to say anything."