She knew that too and she disliked that he couldn't just make this problem go away. "I know that." And she's struck by that urge to cry she'd been doing so well to suppress. She's frustrated with herself she hasn't had this much difficulty articulating what she wants to say in years. Add to the fact that she can't actually feel anything, but the expected happiness at being engaged in front of her family and she just crumbles on her teacher's couch.

The offered cup of tea barely even seen through blurry eyes. "Why do they have to ruin everything always?"