She was just going to leave? Ben was frustrated, but he wasn't even sure if he wanted to try and stop her. What was the point in continuing to argue? She still wasn't hearing what he was trying to tell her, or addressing the thing that he felt was so much more vitally important than the actual fact of whether or not she drank this potion. That — was a big deal, obviously. It would have a huge impact on their lives either way, and it deserved due consideration. But once that choice was made, it was done. The larger issue at hand was going to keep coming up throughout the rest of their lives. How they made decisions together (or didn't), how they talked to one another, how they treated one another... these were not the sort of things that one could just apologize for and move on with. Not after she'd proven that she had a track record of just forging on ahead without him and making decisions on behalf of both of them.

But he wasn't going to convince her to change by talking her through it tonight. What's more, he wasn't going to convince himself to trust her again so easily — so what was the point of keeping this up?

"Fine," he said, diverting his eyes from her. "Do what you want."