"It's okay," Heather replied, shaking her head a little. She knew that in order for Kira to understand, she would have to go into complete detail about what had happened to her, and she wasn't about to do that. If she really wanted to know, she could ask, but she wasn't going to volunteer it. This girl was a near-stranger, and she didn't need to make that kind of first impression.
"I appreciate you trying to help, trying to get my mind to not think that way. But it...it's just hard."