Lion Head Mesa time flows quickly

as we are now, you must answer nothing of me you do not wish. I understand my position of power—if it is your wish to take your leave, know that I will not be angry, she offered. and it is only that reason she does not yet answer—if the question posed is a forced one, and not one the Nebet wished to voice in the first place, Toula would wait to answer it when the girl was truly ready. 
but if the girl lingered, Toula would know she stayed of her own volition—that she wished to be here this moment.