"I know that you could have hurt me back in Pylea, but you didn't. I trust you, Angel." Fred offered another smile, then looked away shyly again as she nodded her understanding. "That's fine, and yes, this is all very overwhelming and processes take times but we keep losing time and we need to stop doing that."
Taking a deep breath, her eyes peered through a few light brown strands of hair at the hand that moved into her field of vision, and she raised her head again, then nodded. Her own smaller hand slipped into his. "Yes. We will. Somehow." They had to.