wow she really wanted to reply to this right away orz
[Immediately, she finally turns around completely in her seat to face him, thin brows knitted tightly, troubled, as her eyes study him closely as if to discover what his meaning that way alone]
That is not so. What you provide has aided me greatly. And in return, I have tried to be worthy of you.
[Maybe too much so, in fact, if she's become attached. Or... not enough to be fair exchange in his eyes? Either way the problem seems to be her, she muses as cold depreciation starts to creep up]
--Am I unsatisfactory for what I have been given? [Is that the root of his words the other day then? Even if he was angry at his return to stone form, he wouldn't have lashed out if some irritation at her wasn't there to begin with... right?]