She draws in a sharp breath at the reminder of what happened with Varian and Fern. "Oh shoot, that's right. Hearing about that must have been terrifying."
With a deeper frown, she turns so that she can look at him properly, meeting his eyes.
"I mean...I'll do what I can? But if there's something I can do to help, I can't just stand back and do nothing. Just like you can't." Letting her arm drop from his shoulders, she then reaches and gently takes his hands in hers. "But you don't think you have any choice in what happens? I mean, you said that it's a possible future for you, right? We don't have a lot of control over what happens around us, but you can control yourself. And now that you know about that future...now that you know what could happen, doesn't that mean you can choose to make sure it doesn't?"
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With a deeper frown, she turns so that she can look at him properly, meeting his eyes.
"I mean...I'll do what I can? But if there's something I can do to help, I can't just stand back and do nothing. Just like you can't." Letting her arm drop from his shoulders, she then reaches and gently takes his hands in hers. "But you don't think you have any choice in what happens? I mean, you said that it's a possible future for you, right? We don't have a lot of control over what happens around us, but you can control yourself. And now that you know about that future...now that you know what could happen, doesn't that mean you can choose to make sure it doesn't?"