Merope heard him speaking, but she got distracting and lost her footing. The girl tumbled onto the ground with a thud, she remained there for a moment and she didn't move from the ground just yet. The black haired one just stared up at Caedus with her hands on the ground, looking at him with her mouth pursed and waiting for something or some kind of action that kept her on the ground.
"...I..If you want to, I won't make...you. I..I don't want to burden you.." Merope managed to sit right on the ground, silent.