It's what anyone who cares would have done. He's my... [ Mm, she's realizing that there's not really a good label for what they are, so she just changes tactics instead. ] I care about him.

[ She sighs and finally sits up, though she mostly slumps and stares into middle space anyway. Her hands fall into her lap.

Her understanding of what went down was that she put him through a portal and he got to Cadens almost dead, which she feels responsible for. She doesn't know that he walked through the desert for days instead of calling for help, because no one ever informed her of that part. Her assumption is that she just didn't do a good enough job at what she was trying to do, which of course makes her feel like she didn't do anything at all.

Well, she did give him a bath, which every person in his life can attest was necessary, but that's about it. ]

I'm not -- I just didn't think they could do somethin' like that to someone like him.