"Sometimes, just some time to yourself is exactly what you need. To clear your mind and let yourself think, you know? It's what I did... although you should probably not go off for as long as I did, that was a bad idea." And in the end, she'd come very close to ruining things, though they'd worked out in the end.
"Of course," she murmured, squeezing his hand again. "I'm always here when you need to talk, or need anything explained." Then she laughed. "Towers and stairs, I have absolutely no idea what that is about."