[ She starts-- stops... and then begins again. Her fingers twitch within his. He doesn't seem to understand; rather, he doesn't see a point.

She needs to bring that point into his perspective-- why his it doesn't matter attitude does not suit their purpose to help this world. If anything, it harms it. ]

Don't you know, [ Her thumb runs over his knuckles. ] it becomes easier to hold someone's hand... when you know them better? [ She is not an automaton, as much as she is part of Rawna's sect (and him, too, if he belongs to the same god). ] Therefore, it behooves us to care for each other. [ This, she sees as absolutely true. ]

I care for you, Somnus. Which is why that... I want you to know that whatever happened, it was not your fault.