At least she was actually talking now. But Gar had had the same thought more than once in his life. So he told her the same thing he ended up telling himself. "If you weren't better than that, it would be bothering you as much as it is." And because even when she was doing it, there had to be a little part of her that was ashamed. He didn't know why that was, why it was that Gar was the only one that seemed to pull those feelings from her, but she had chased him away for a reason.
"Look, Rose." He put a hand on her chin and turned her head so that she was looking at him. "You don't have to have faith in yourself right now. It's hard to find out that you might not be who you think you should be. But I want you to know that I have faith in you, okay?" He looked into her eyes for the first time since she'd shown up on his doorstep. "You're a good person. I promise."