Shauna rolled over to look up at Saerwynn and she nodded.<span style="color: #ffff00">"i understand that but can we avoid making me feel worse? because we won't be having much of a helpful conversation if I'm in tears. i know i am. i hold myself together everyday on pure willpower... i don't need a leash, i just need some help. i just need a gentle nudge, some signal you can give me when i am going off the rails so i know it's time to reel myself in. time will soothe your instincts, there is no fast way for you to learn to trust me on any kind of instinctual level. but there is nothing i can do about my powers, they come as naturally to me as blinking." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>