No, you didn't have to, that's the entire point! You could have waited long enough to have a better plan, you could have kept yourself safe so I wouldn't have to come across you and think—

[pushes a hand through her hair, stressed]

I thought you were dead when I first saw you, you know. And when we were going back to the Fleet, I kept thinking I'm not going to be fast enough, she's going to d-die.

[her voice cracks.]