[... She closes her eyes. Focusing on explaining will keep that nagging feeling in her gut from growing for at least a few seconds. Right?]

Yeah. For me, no one could see Wash. For him, it was the other way around. Found out we had to... spend time together. Those mergers they talked about in the brochures? Something like that. I just... assumed we didn't have to. [For obvious reasons.

And that... wasn't nearly as long as she was hoping for. Fuck. She hesitates, but continues.]

But you don't know anything about that, do you? Even though I told you about it. Back home. Even though you didn't... say much about it.