She's firm about that. She's been treated like a porcelain doll before, and she really doesn't like it — or need it. Besides, she's not asking him to change who he is; she happens to like him just fine. So, she thinks deeply on how to reword that.
"I'm not gonna bring things up that I think'll make y'angry. An' there's been precious few things I've said that don't send you off into a hissy fit. Either I'm talkin' too bloody much, or I'm not talkin' enough; either way, I can't win with you. Y'just need t'make up your mind which it is."
She plucks the cigarette from his mouth so she doesn't have to talk through a cloud of his smoke. He'll get it back later.
"When you walk away, that's you walkin' away, not me. So y'can come in here askin' why I've got a bug up my ass, throwin' around how I'm keepin' you at a distance, but I'm tired of watchin' someone's backside as they leave me. I ain't gonna do it no more. An' it don't inspire me t'trust you."
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"No."
She's firm about that. She's been treated like a porcelain doll before, and she really doesn't like it — or need it. Besides, she's not asking him to change who he is; she happens to like him just fine. So, she thinks deeply on how to reword that.
"I'm not gonna bring things up that I think'll make y'angry. An' there's been precious few things I've said that don't send you off into a hissy fit. Either I'm talkin' too bloody much, or I'm not talkin' enough; either way, I can't win with you. Y'just need t'make up your mind which it is."
She plucks the cigarette from his mouth so she doesn't have to talk through a cloud of his smoke. He'll get it back later.
"When you walk away, that's you walkin' away, not me. So y'can come in here askin' why I've got a bug up my ass, throwin' around how I'm keepin' you at a distance, but I'm tired of watchin' someone's backside as they leave me. I ain't gonna do it no more. An' it don't inspire me t'trust you."