[ There's countless studies out there... how broken people find kinship through one another. Where they find strength they otherwise can't get in simple therapy or ignoring their own feelings. Figures that they would get stuck in each other's gravity and... things happen. Not that she'd complain... ]

Oooohkayyyyy... just don't leave me in the dark. I trust you.

[ That much was clear. If she had any idea that there was really some connection to the Metaverse and the outside world? Maybe she'd feel more confident. She thinks that if she could utilize Carmen's strength, that fire she feels inside... but she has to be responsible with it. The difference between her and the shitty adults willing to burn the world down? Restraint. God knows she showed enough with Kamoshida...

When he shifts the conversation to other means – to keep it light, she scrunches her face up and rolls onto her side. The camera clearly was obscured and her muffled voice just lets him know he is being nuts. ]

You're seriously not going to start bondage talk on – what? Our fifth phone date? What kinda girl do you take me for?

[ There's a deep 'ughhhh' past her lips, clearly teasing and not accusatory in the slightest. ]