Flonne's head shot forward, eyes wide. Had...had he just answered with her name? He was awake? Her hands flew over her mouth, a flush spreading over her face. He wasn't supposed to hear any of this! She was just supposed to be cheerful so he could forget anything had happened!

It was his next quiet words that cut through her mortification. She swallowed, turning against the door a bit to place her ear against the weathered wood. She placed her hand against the door, as if she could reach him, not only through this, but the wall he'd begun erecting around himself. "Tell me so I can understand," she begged after a moment, fingers curling over the door into a fist.