Lucy put the kaf down in front of the empath, then moved to sit opposite her.
"I said I should explain what I had done," she said. The other woman nodded, and took her first sip of the kaf. "You are on edge, overwrought," Lucy said. "I shielded you, that you would not hurt yourself further."
She looked at the book the woman had brought in with her. "Ah, Empathy for Complete Beginners. A Valdemaran text." A faint quirk of the mouth, barely the beginnings of a smile. "Good enough, but not the best for such as yourself."