“Lou … I don't think I'll be able to have sex again.  It … after … him … it seems … I just can't.�?
Luigi hugged him closer.  “It doesn't matter, Coads.  When it feels right, then we can do it.�?
“What if it never feels right, Lou?�?  Cody sounded desperately sad and downcast but also matter of fact, as if he were facing a bleak and unavoidable reality.
“It will, one day.  When you love someone enough, you can … overcome … big obstacles.�?
“But what if … Lou …. what if it was my fault that all this happened to me?�?
“Your fault?�?
“How can it be your fault?�?  Despite himself, Luigi was feeling nettled.  What the fuck was Cody saying?  What did he mean?
“Well … I mean … if I hadn't been there, in that pub, he wouldn't have got me.�?  He stopped for three or four breaths.  Luigi waited.   When Cody next spoke he was close to inaudible.  “I'd still be all right.  Everything would be all right.�?  
“He would have taken someone else.  Fuck it, Coads, that man is a monster.�?
“Yes, but … if I hadn't been out whoring … if I'd stayed at home with Phillippa ...�?  
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