[ this is not keeping her mind off the subject, christos, but she'd actually much rather have a chance to talk about it, really.

she snorts humorlessly before drinking deep from her glass. ] Horribly... and quite possibly worse than last time. I can't say I've ever seen him quite so angry, and so frustrated that he couldn't manipulate me to stay, to get what he wanted.

Thankfully, you were in the forefront of my mind the entire time. [ for... oh so many reasons ] It left me little doubt I was doing the right thing, that this was what I needed to do, for me.