[ She knows Damon won't hurt her because he can't, banking on the handful of instances of Hosts attacking one another resulting in some kind of forced reboot with only flesh wounds sustained. She's taking no real risks here, no matter how fiercely he growls. Fear is a constant presence on her mind, a familiar bedfellow, but he doesn't count among its reasons.
What she hears from him is reactionary and unbridled, precisely what she doesn't allow herself to become, and because of that she disengages, a deliberate stepping back of her mental presence to give him the room to be angry. She thinks of Shinji, raging against the world but only because he feels powerless in the face of it, and that makes it easier somehow to empathize with Damon.
She keeps her mind politely at bay, but leans her body forward across the bed to extend a hand. ]
Let me try something. You'll need to open your mind to it, but it might help.
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What she hears from him is reactionary and unbridled, precisely what she doesn't allow herself to become, and because of that she disengages, a deliberate stepping back of her mental presence to give him the room to be angry. She thinks of Shinji, raging against the world but only because he feels powerless in the face of it, and that makes it easier somehow to empathize with Damon.
She keeps her mind politely at bay, but leans her body forward across the bed to extend a hand. ]
Let me try something. You'll need to open your mind to it, but it might help.