[oh. she seems surprised and she flinches when he touches her, but it's the sad flinch of someone who isn't used to being reassured; her lip trembles slightly in response.]

She didn't have much of a choice herself to begin with. [she can't be angry at Gideon for it, either.] I did have a choice, and I chose to refuse the sacrifice she made for me, and I cannot say that was kind.

[but she shakes her head.]

It was part of what I gained in the station, the ability to remove her soul from mine. And hopefully find a way to bring her back.