"Huh?" Nic asked, a little clueless.

"Most guys would offer to carry the girl they just make lame," she spat, "Most gentlemen anyway"

"... Do you want me to carry you?" he tried to clarify.

"Do you want to carry me? Perhaps help me to the bath?" she replied tartly.

Nic blinked. "... I'll carry you if you want me to," he said, still wondering why she was mad.

"You don't care if I lay in bed all day by myself do you? Rotten log!" she accused, "Why do I have to demand everything from you, why can't you just want to help?"

Nic took awhile to think over what Laurel said. "... I don't know what you want unless you ask," he explained. "... If you don't want to lay in bed, then where do you want me to carry you?"

"But you can still offer even if I don't ask. I don't want to ask everything all the time," she huffed before turning away a little, "I'll try the bath," she decided.

Nic took a few moments to think things through before asking, "... Now or later?"

"When you le-..." she stopped, when he left, how would she get back out? She sniffed.

Nic frowned a little, not sure what Laurel was upset about now. "... I'll be back in a few minutes then," he said as he turned to leave.

Laurel didn't move, letting him leave.

Like he promised, he returned a few minutes later. "... Ready?" he asked.

Laurel had curled up into a ball. She sniffed again as she turned and looked at Nic, her eyes were a little misty, "Will this happen... every time?" she muttered. She hated feeling helpless.

"... Huh?" Nic asked, wondering if she'd be this emotional every time. Hopefully it was just the coffee.

And with that something snapped inside of Laurel. She grabbed a pillow, chucking it at him, "HUH?!" she shouted, "I feel like you physically beat me up, I'm hurting and vulnerable as terra right now and yet I still have to demand the simplest things from you! I don't like demanding things from anyone, I don't like being helpless! I thought you knew that about be already!" she spat, throwing a second pillow, "So I'm so sorry if you think I'm being unreasonable or if you think I'm too emotional! I'm so sorry but I just gave away a huge part of myself and you could never understand how that feels!" and with that she burst into tears.