Redhawk Caldera you must become an island.

It's not how I feel! Elwood wanted to scream, but the words got stuck in his throat. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't force them out. What good would it do him anyway? Finley was convinced that her solution was the only one. And had he known that she was disappointed -- that she had wanted him to fight for her -- he would have felt a new flash of irritation. She was putting him through the ringer, and all for what?

It's not how I feel, a small voice in the back of his mind whispered. She had to know this wasn't easy. She had to know that it wasn't what he wanted. But she hadn't given him any other options. It was hard to hear anything over the drumming of his own heartbeat. He knew that the minute he moved away from her, it would be over.

It's not how I feel... he thought, one last time. But instead, what came out of his mouth was, "If this is what you want..."