It is her choice and it always has been. He's always respected that about it, even if he wanted to protect her at the same time. Even if, in the same moment that he gave her the bracelet he said that she doesn't need protecting. That's always meant something to Maria, that he sees that and gets that and just offers as opposed to demands. She would never tolerate demands.
But she understands his concern.
"I know it's a risk," she says. "I look at my mom. And how she is. And I worry. But at the same time... I know she has me. And I've got people, too." She reaches out to take his hand, tentatively, because this is new to her. Not Michael, though their relationship is going to be different now. That's not new. But reaching out and asking? That's something she's still getting used to.
"I have visions? Of the future. And I just... I know things. I guess it kind of makes sense, if I'm related to Isobel. I can't enter a mind the way she does, but all those gut instincts I have, all that palm reading and card tricks. You know, when I actually meant them. I think they were a lesser degree of it. And if I can learn how to control it, make it stronger?"
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But she understands his concern.
"I know it's a risk," she says. "I look at my mom. And how she is. And I worry. But at the same time... I know she has me. And I've got people, too." She reaches out to take his hand, tentatively, because this is new to her. Not Michael, though their relationship is going to be different now. That's not new. But reaching out and asking? That's something she's still getting used to.
"I have visions? Of the future. And I just... I know things. I guess it kind of makes sense, if I'm related to Isobel. I can't enter a mind the way she does, but all those gut instincts I have, all that palm reading and card tricks. You know, when I actually meant them. I think they were a lesser degree of it. And if I can learn how to control it, make it stronger?"
It'd be a help in so many ways.