"It is a long and complicated story," she said softly, looking at the ground. "And I am not sure it would help anyone for me to share it."
Not only that, but she feared it would make people think badly of Turukáno, which was the last thing she wished to do. She did not want people pressuring him to do things he was uncomfortable doing; she respected his choices and wanted to go along with them.
She just wished that she could make his rejection stop hurting so much. Or that she could see it as something other than rejection, because it wasn't, really.
"It is just...relationships are never easy. Not real ones. There is a good deal of work involved with everything."