[ She knows he does - and she would never think that he doesn’t. But she’s well-aware that people have different ways of showing that care, and this instance is no different. All she had really wanted to express was that she cares for Trahearne, too, and that she wants to do more to ensure that nobody falls prey to their own nightmares in the future, but in the heat of the moment, she’s gotten caught up in her own nightmarish thoughts. So, at what he says, she easily relents. ]

I’m sorry, too…

[ Especially since it’s become increasingly clear to her that this sort of talk is only frustrating and irritating him further, for reasons that she can’t quite place. She understands feeling doubtful and angry that she’s being so insistent about her relationship with Diluc and what it means for their susceptibility to nightmare energy, but the more she listens to him, watches his body language and meets the amber of his eyes with her own, the more it feels like something is… Off. About him.

He hadn’t been acting this way until after she started talking about her relationship, had he…? ]

…Hold on… Now I’m not sure… You don’t want to talk about what happened with Eustace anymore, or… About my relationship with Diluc and Thoma…?

[ A beat, and then she adds: ]

Is… Is something else bothering you?