[Again, silence stretches a little further. What a painful way to have been raised. Not the type of concern a child should ever have to worry about. It's sad...]
What about now? [Looking back over at him, she seeks out his gaze once more.] I know that... you don't want to forgive. [Vampires, maybe even her family, even.] But you can live peacefully too, at least while here, Zero...