...if you didn't want to stay, you didn't have to answer when I asked.

[It pales in comparison to the spirit she had earlier, back when they first met, but - grumbly is probably better than mopey. It even gets her to raise her head, if only to shoot him a Look.]

My mother died when I was small, but this feels... different.

[It's the first murder she's been up close and personal for.]