[ There's plenty she could say here to try and dissuade him. In fact, plenty of things come to mind, anxiousness bubbling them to the surface ready to spill out. Miraculously she manages to keep them tamped down.

Then again, she's had practice doing it for so long it's second nature. ]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.

𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦?