There's one simple answer that comes to mind. And if I have to, I'll be able to point to the others as examples, the times when they've placed the relationship before the mission, judgment altered and blurred. I could point to my own failures— failures that I don't plan to repeat.

"Because now you have an obligation to her that runs separate to the mission. And the more you let your heart turn in this direction, the more inclined you'll find yourself to place her before it, even if not by means of a conscious choice. You'll confuse her, as well."