She understands he's not asking her for anything. She does. Honestly if he were she might tell him to go fuck himself, but he's not. He's just talking.

She presses her lips together as he talks, nodding to show she understands. He sounds like he's being very reasonable about it. So does Vrenille, more or less.

In her experience that's bullshit but then most things are.

"Has this happened to you before? Having someone you're close to dying here, I mean."