"Where can I run to, where can I hide," Dolf choked out, still feeling aghast, though there was other emotion dripping into those words, and he hadn't got a single idea how to place it.

"Who will I turn to, now I'm in a virgin state of mind?"

... He really hoped she wasn't going to take any of this literally, and yet, and yet, he was such a newborn in the face of all of this-- whatever it was.