[ It's upsettingly true, however. Maybe not the bit about how she changed her mind after seeing Kemp storm in in a furious rage, ready to sent her beyond. That hadn't happened yet.

She licks her lips instead of blurting out an answer. ]

I ... wasn't going to say anything. [ A breath. ] You-- You were rarely home anymore, hadn't been for weeks, and if George and Nina turned human again- and I know they didn't, you told me -but if they did I wouldn't ... have anyone. I'd just be alone and I couldn't do that again. I didn't want to have to see them and have them not be able to hear me anymore. It was my choice.