"I feel like I should make it clear I'm not interested in controlling him. Cuz yeah, he's a grown ass man. I've already got a pet and despite what the city thinks he's a person, not my property. The offer was on the table and I made it clear what I thought the best course of action was. He had to decide for himself."

Does he wish Jesus hadn't put it off another two and a half weeks? Yeah. But Drake absolutely refuses to push on this kind of thing. Who'd want to sign with somebody they felt coerced by in the first place? It fucks up the dynamic before it even really exists.

"Anyway, you can give a shovel talk if you want. I'm sure you're terrifying but I'm not worried about it... he trusts me for a reason so hopefully you will eventually, too. All the stalling on a contract has been something else." There are a lot of options, all equally likely to be contributing somehow. Commitment issues, fear of rejection if he got attached, viewing himself as a burden, the potential for loss in a place like this, probably reminding him of past traumas from living in an apocalypse... Drake's no stranger to this shit. It's just all the more reason to let Jesus come to him.