"Good, so whenever you dream of hurting him or get in your head about that, just remind yourself. He is safe with you." Rinoa worried for a moment that her powers might kick in if she got a little too empathic, so him putting his arms around himself was helpful. She hadn't learned how to control them and had a feeling until she did, she wouldn't be able to trust it. Even if they were relatively harmless compared to the others.

"So," she said, crossing her own arms. "Are we out of the denial stage now?" As if she wasn't going to comment on that.