[ Hilda doesn't flinch, even though yes, it some ways that does scare her. Terrifies her in fact. But that's not what she had meant when she said it. ]

No, that's what's stopping me from taking what I want.

[ Her hand cards gently through his hair, voice quiet but steady. ]

I told you I was selfish too. I want all of you. I want to know you want all of me too.

[ And if he didn't then she would survive. She could live through a broken heart, couldn't she? So long as she knew that the two people that were the most important to her here in Abraxas were happy that's all that mattered to her. ]