"I... want to... want to say yes," and that's a complicated sort of feeling. "But the answer is no. Because I don't think I can derive any actual comfort from it. Already saying these things makes me feel overwhelmed enough that it's going to take awhile to recover from before I'm going to want to see you again," which implies that yes. She does want to see Yelena again, and that surprises her. "But I do, actually, appreciate the offer. For what that's worth."

She looks quietly amused at the retelling of the encounter with her sister, because even without knowing much about their relationship at all, it somehow seems fitting. "Our lives are so tangled up in violence that we can't even-" a sigh out.

"I know. But it's that... lack of ability to reconcile now. The feeling that he is better off without me. How lost I feel lost without his guidance, without him here to tell me that things are okay. He's the only thing that kept me feeling secure and functional."