"Understandable. If such were to happen, you'd wake up at Scott's side," she smiled. "It would be nice for such hyper-vigilance to fade to a more manageable level."
She began to actually laugh, always a warm sound, but full of humor.
"Paved with good intentions, apologies. I know it seems doubtful at this time, but I can assure you, the smothering will not actually kill you or drive you to homicidal mania."