I vonder how long being at zhe bottom of zhe sea vould haf stopped him.

[And why didn't they try that instead of trapping him on a ship. She might have lived then.]

My attachment to him iz.. complicated. Even I don't quite fully understand it.

[It's an idle remark, even if it is the truth. She takes another bite of the small donut she's working on devouring before dabbing the ends of the remains in the small dusting of excess sugar she had on her plate.]

But, I am fond of zhe intimacy he provides for me und zhe feeling of being protected zhat comes along vith it. It's... better zhan vat my life vas.

[Where he was afraid of his feelings and what they might mean, Rip was embracing hers even if she was struggling to understand fully what they were.]

Zo, it is good to hear zhat you are not going to fully steel him avay. You terrified me vhen it seemed zhat vas zhe case before.