She takes his hand again easily, patting at his sympathetically.
"I do," she says, "Perhaps not-- indefinitely, but I would've been better. I would've known better when I needed to step back and let someone else take charge and not-- feel so guilty about it. And I wouldn't've-- impacted my personal relationships quite so much, so I would've had a better support network when the time came."
Not that all her personal relationships had been damaged, or that all of the fallout had been strictly because of her. Still, though.
fair
"I do," she says, "Perhaps not-- indefinitely, but I would've been better. I would've known better when I needed to step back and let someone else take charge and not-- feel so guilty about it. And I wouldn't've-- impacted my personal relationships quite so much, so I would've had a better support network when the time came."
Not that all her personal relationships had been damaged, or that all of the fallout had been strictly because of her. Still, though.