[ she knows he means hunting things. still, she knows sixteen-year-olds, particularly sixteen-year-old boys. she lets out a 'heh', breaks some the graveness of the conversation with a slight smile. reaches to tuck some of her hair back. ] I probably shouldn't tell you either. [ it's slightly strained, because it's not all a lightly veiled joke.
a lot happened to her when she was sixteen. a lot since then too. ]
Look, I know... he's not a kid anymore, but that doesn't mean he's not family, or that he doesn't need somebody to look after him. [ she thinks of jeremy, and what he's done and tried to do for her too. ] Maybe we both need that.