"I know." She knows that he'll help her as much as he can just as she knows that he doesn't want her to get hurt.

"I'm not looking to get hurt either, you know. I don't want that either. I just also don't think it's right to close off a part of me purely out of fear. If things get bad, I can always stop. Liz has this antidote thing? It helps make your powers stronger. She was feeding me some of it after... some stuff happened." They can get to that. In a bit.

"I can always take that and see how I feel. I'm not looking for trouble, just for myself."

But she's talking to avoid the rest of what he's said. About making him happy. She chews the inside of her bottom lip to keep herself steady as she continues. It's probably not fair to say, but she also doesn't feel right taking comfort from him, so much, when he doesn't know the full lay of the land between them.

"I don't know if this is fair to tell you or what but... we broke up." She takes in a slightly shaky breath and exhales. "I broke up with you. Like..." This time the exhale is a tight, barely there laugh.

"Like two hours before I got here."