It didn't take but a second for her to sit up as well, turning to face him and resting her head against his arm.

"Your choices got you here, not the blood or your abilities. But the thing about making choices based on lies, on manipulation? They're nearly always the wrong ones." Her voice cracked a little on the word 'wrong'. Her own experiences with lies and manipulation were going through her mind. "There's no way you could have known."