His touch caused the young hunter to pause from her almost frantic flipping through the pages of an old, worn tome. For a moment, she was silent…. and, when she did speak again, her voice was softer. Thoughtful.    “ Yeah. Yeah, I know. I d-do know you can. ——- Trust me, th-that sounds good. It d-does. I just… not yet. I can’t, y-yet. “

_{“why not?” a simple question, but one that demanded an answer all the same. he wanted to know why she wouldn’t just stop – it would be safer. not to mention ky wouldn’t have to worry about her. not really at any-rate. “it’s not like your doing any good like this.”}