"That-- That isn't the problem!" she finds herself saying as she shakes her head violently and stops in her tracks. At this point, the words are just tumbling out without a filter. "I'm telling you you should stick with him and not me because it's just going to hurt all the more when you lose us. Didn't you feel anything at all for your Garlean family? Wouldn't this just be the same situation, minus the royalty and kids?"

Why is she so upset about this, anyway? Irhya can't seem to lift her gaze from the ground. "It's... Isn't that all I can do? Gods, can't you just... bloody sodding..."

She drags her free hand over her face. The situation is difficult, it's true, but she's beginning to ask herself who's hurting more in the process of this. At least if she goes for the pushing him away method, it'll be over on her own terms... but somehow, that thought doesn't reassure her in the slightest.