The ogre joke gets a shaky laugh, so at least she's not offended.
The second part quiets her back down again. After a moment, she breathes out, heavy. "Yeah. Yeah. And it's so ... she's so ready to believe she has to earn my care. That she has to do everything just right. Or, worse, that I don't know myself well enough to set boundaries, so if she doesn't make clear I don't have to interact with her, that I don't have to help, I might miserably trudge through it out of. Obligation, I guess? Not knowing that I can say no? And that's really not the problem, I think zero people in Riftwatch who know the situation would blame me for keeping my space and there's plenty of other people who can offer her support. And that feels like it takes up a lot of the oxygen sometimes. Her offering 17 disclaimers because she doesn't trust that I'm doing what I'm doing freely without all of them."
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The second part quiets her back down again. After a moment, she breathes out, heavy. "Yeah. Yeah. And it's so ... she's so ready to believe she has to earn my care. That she has to do everything just right. Or, worse, that I don't know myself well enough to set boundaries, so if she doesn't make clear I don't have to interact with her, that I don't have to help, I might miserably trudge through it out of. Obligation, I guess? Not knowing that I can say no? And that's really not the problem, I think zero people in Riftwatch who know the situation would blame me for keeping my space and there's plenty of other people who can offer her support. And that feels like it takes up a lot of the oxygen sometimes. Her offering 17 disclaimers because she doesn't trust that I'm doing what I'm doing freely without all of them."