Her brow knits for a moment in frustration. How can she explain this and make him understand?

She doesn't speak for a long moment, her thumbs drawing idle circles on the backs of his hands.

"If there was anyway that I could, don't you think that I would? You think I want to fight this all alone? No, I have to. But it doesn't change the... it doesn't change..."

The words crowd behind her teeth and she blinks rapidly.