The Sunspire ocean eyes

he seemed afraid to come closer, and for a moment she was worried that word had gotten out about her little suicidal stunt.  but the words that followed calmed her; she hadn't even realized the dizzying stars that had formed in her eyes when she thought she'd have to explain herself but she noticed them as she calmed.

i'm okay, she says, matching his posturing and ghosting a bit closer.  you said something, though, that.. i needed to be kept safe.  what did that mean?  and before she can give him the chance to respond, she is stumbling over herself again.  terance, i can't fight.  i need someone to teach me.  i —  i want you to teach me.