[No matter what can be said of her reflexes, she's entirely unprepared for Zero reaching for her, unable to do anything but let herself be pulled against him. If at first she might have wanted to twist away, his words calm any such urge.]
[He -- understands. It's his tone that makes her certain; she's heard the words before, but they had been nothing but a placation -- empty. Even Haji, when he'd promised to kill her, hadn't sounded like this.]
[She wasn't aware of her trembling hands reaching up to cling to Zero's shirt, nor of how she relaxed ever so slightly against him. But she is aware of his nod, and mimics it.]
...I'm scared. [To die. To live. To fail, or to kill Diva again. There's nothing she's not afraid of.]