[ He's not sure which he hates more, that it wasn't a clean no or that he understands why she's hesitating. Back home this would've been so simple but nothing is simple in this fishbowl and he doesn't even feel like he can ask her to stay away from the guy that shoved a hand into his chest. That tortured and crucified someone in this very prison, recently.
That is, perhaps, the worst part of it all. He can't ask.]
Then maybe you should figure that out. [ Tense. Short.]