Neal... [ She loosens her grip on him so she can reach up and rest a hand against his neck, framing his jaw with her thumb. There's something like wonderment in her eyes as she studies him, though it wavers into another wave of doubt. ]

My life has been full of strange and horrible things. Are you really sure you want to get tangled up with someone who's been broken by all that? [ She smooths her thumb against that slight prickle along his jaw. ] Because I am. I am so broken and I'm not sure it's fair to put that on you when you have no idea what you're getting into. I might be helping now, but I might just make things worse later.