"It's temporary, I assure you. There just isn't a better option right now but I will-- I will find one and then you'll be able to understand the method." He didn't want Bobby to go to heaven, that was endgame. And he couldn't keep him in hell or he'd just resent him. Maybe there was a way to restore him or to change him. Make him something still going. "Call me an old romantic but I'm not ready for this--" He gestured between them. "--To just end."

And he didn't think he was being irrational here. It made complete sense to him.

"You'll understand. And you'll thank me one day."