[Quietly, with Aubrey's face still buried in the crook of his neck:]

Of course I do...

[Then:]

Just because I've done what I've done...[And he includes what his older self has done - because it has been done - in this.] It doesn't mean...I don't care for my friends.

I do...[He grips her a little tighter.] All I want...is for my friends to know happiness...