[ She has fairly strict categories of what she's allowed to do and how she should be around people, most born out of necessity, and sure he's broken down a lot of those but some of them remain because she's simply not had to address them yet. This is one of those. She doesn't want to affect him right now, but she can't particularly avoid it, and she strongly dislikes that. And if she ever finds any blame in his mind for not having been able to help her, well, that'll make that argument coming even more fun, because she suggested leaving and she walked away. This is, if it's anyone's fault, entirely hers.
A very shaky some kind of laugh at that and she shakes her head slowly. Very slowly, that's an unpleasant sensation. But the grip of her hand is turning into something more regulated, not loose because she's forced it to be but a more normal looseness of consideration for his senses, and the extent of what she's letting him see is spreading as she uses the calm he's giving her to settle things away for dealing with much, much later. ] You're not doing a very good job of being mad at me.
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A very shaky some kind of laugh at that and she shakes her head slowly. Very slowly, that's an unpleasant sensation. But the grip of her hand is turning into something more regulated, not loose because she's forced it to be but a more normal looseness of consideration for his senses, and the extent of what she's letting him see is spreading as she uses the calm he's giving her to settle things away for dealing with much, much later. ] You're not doing a very good job of being mad at me.