[ The frown deepens. It's really hard not to scowl at her. To yell and scream or even threaten. But he knows it would do no good. ] You've never told me about these plans before. What changed? [ What happened to you? He's not even thinking back to Anya's warning, and Cornelia's dismissal. Neil cannot believe that there is anything out there that would corrupt a pure soul like Euphie's so completely.
--unless perhaps she has been like this all along. He'd like to deny that doubt; crush it, squash it, stick it in a deep hole somewhere and never let it see the light of day, but... there it was. ]