why do you want her to lay down gino :||||
--No. [Quickly, very quickly] I'm fine-- It's fine.
[And now Tear's hitting another dilemma-- does she take her leave right away in an effort to save her rapidly fading dignity-- not to mention temper-- or does she stick around and logically ask him for a summary of whatever's happened? She hates being left out of the loop, and it has been a week...]