[ Her smile warms. ] I want you to remember something for me, okay?

[ Someone as kind and gentle as Joshua would naturally put others above himself so they would not worry. She knows the type, she's seen it even among those of his own world. Good people, through and through, who suffer because of it.

And so she gives his hand a meaningful squeeze. ]

As much as they deserve to be safe, you deserve to be with them, too.