"I wouldn't feel the same way because I would trust that you had your reasons and that you wanted to try figuring it out on your own." And that was the truth. "And I don't want it to end here. But the fact that you're accepting these decisions you've decided I've made says it's going to."

And she sounded almost calm until that last bit, but... It hurt. It really, really did and it was all on her face and there were no emotional walls up. It wasn't vindictive, the broadcasting of emotions. She really had no energy to keep her shields up.