"That's why I'm lucky it's you," she explained easily. "I can be myself and figure out who that even is." She crawled forward on the bed, now that she had explained why she was scared.
"I'm sorry you were pulled into this. And I don't want to force you into anything you don't want. But I don't want to die either. If we did do it just to make sure it was safe, I wouldn't...expect anything. Once they check and see I did what I was supposed to, you can even send me away." She didn't want to go, of course. But none of this was his fault.