"You know that's not what I'm saying, that you being my friend isn't as important or that it's some lower class of connection. I do love you. That's why I'm talking to you about it. I'm not bringing this to people whose opinions don't matter to me. I haven't made up my mind. I'm allowed to be interested in it without being decided. If I didn't find the idea compelling there wouldn't be a need to talk about it; I would have told him no already," Malcolm insists.