[It's not selfish to need people.

That's the line that feels like it's under her skin and separating it from he body. Like she's been picked apart and is going to be examined under the microscope.

He doesn't know that she'd literally lived alone in the wilderness for years, but he knew she'd been captive. He knows she spent years without another human around and how is she supposed to come out of that fine dandy and able to accept help with no one was there to help her in the first place. ]

Do you... [She looks back up at him and she's still just looking soft and sad and defeated.]

do you not think that I try? To get better? [ Is that what it is? Does he think she just wants to be difficult. That she wants to only feel safe when she's alone with only herself to depend on. That she likes that? Has she pushed him away for so long that he doesn't even realize it's a defense mechanism. Does he think she just wants to be alone doing her own thing constantly? ]

[Her brow furrows like she's trying to understand even though it's not making any sense.]

I'd love if I could just forget it all. Trust people again. To still have my job, to still have my team, to still have my husband.