The Tangle it is what it is til it ain't anymore

She waits, but more vitriol does not come. Instead Shige seems to calm himself, and he says her name. Pale eyes flash up to meet his own sweet blue, then down again. She struggles to find words, herself, to properly apologize for what she's done--the way she's put him in danger, over and over. In the end, Saoirse says nothing--he will call it his duty, and she can't hear that right now.

When it becomes apparent he doesn't plan to continue his thought, Essie shakes herself and moves closer. She hesitates before stretching to put her head against his shoulder, the closest she can get right now to expressing how sorry she is. We should keep going. The sooner we're out of this place...

She can't continue, doesn't have the rest of the thought--just nebulous fear and anger hanging over her head. Saoirse thinks she hates it here.