Tanis quiet acceptance made Sinead's stomach turn, surprised to hear Tanis' reluctance even when Sinead had offered what should have been words of comfort.<br/>Sinead's lips parted, her mind desperately trying to process the pressure building at her chest. She felt like crying, finding it impossible not to hear the rejection in Tanis voice. She felt like screaming, too; finding that the only thing that had changed between them since this morning was Tanis having to come face to face with her own consciousness. It was in either case heartbreaking, knowing there was little to do about either.<br/>Sinead hadn't revealed anything that made their relation morally worse, and yet it felt like it was her relationship to have lost.<br/>"Does it change things?" Sinead asked quietly, voice tense with the effort put into maintaining control over it.<br/>Her eyes were still on the load ahead, not looking at Tanis, trying to convince herself that Tanis wasn't blaming her for anything.<br/>It would have been with good reason, though, Sinead knew that. No matter which explanation she offered the other woman, she was still married, and Avi, for now, didn't know about them. Then and there, however, Sinead wasn't sure there was still anything worth telling him about.<br/>"Did it change things seeing him again?"