Quin breathed out a sigh of relief as she continued, though he still felt like the Worst Human Being Ever. The guilt was still sitting square in his chest, making it hard to breathe, but he took her words at face value. Oblivious as he was, with her looking right back at him, it was hard to miss the distress she was feeling over this and that forced him to take a deep breath and find some semblance of calm.

"Look Lis," Quin turned to face her completely, bringing his other hand up to frame her face gently. He knew what he wanted to say, he just wasn't sure how to say it. Taking a quick moment to just contemplate what she'd said and what he was thinking before saying, "This moves at your pace, however you want," Within reason, he had to remind himself before he got ahead of himself. "I may be a clueless idiot sometimes, but I'm not careless." Wasn't that the truth of it?