The Bureau in the Oldest House can. At least, I hope so. Every case is individual and you can't always apply the same logic. What worked for me may not work for you. We won't know until we try.

[ Her hold tightens on him. He's home, living with her, and out of the Dark Place. That's all she ever asked for when it came to Alan Wake. She doesn't need anything else. Marriage, a wedding, sure those things are nice. It doesn't mean she needs them.

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Did it really matter to him what he was missing? It sounds like he had his mind made up. [ Jesse has no idea how close her words echo the other version of her. ] Knowing you, he argued about it until the end. What made him change his mind?