I trust you. That doesn't mean I'm crazy enough to leave you on your own in a place like this with half the galaxy after you. [Again, he fights her off, but this time Aeryn takes the opportunity of him focusing on her grip to close the gap between them, no more than a few inches away from the line of his profile, angled in towards his features.

She'd fought for him. Followed him.

Fought for him, fought...] Don't shut me out this time.