She wants to say she would not ask Lucy to do something that should hurt her, but she knows it is not true. She will not say something that is not true.
(And there's a small warmth inside her that wasn't there before, too - she would come back. She would.)
"I do not want you to hurt," she says, finally - which is true. "I should not ask - not unless I really really needed it. But I do not think I should. I am good at taking care of things on my own.
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She wants to say she would not ask Lucy to do something that should hurt her, but she knows it is not true. She will not say something that is not true.
(And there's a small warmth inside her that wasn't there before, too - she would come back. She would.)
"I do not want you to hurt," she says, finally - which is true. "I should not ask - not unless I really really needed it. But I do not think I should. I am good at taking care of things on my own.
"But - but it is good to know."