Kathy was going to have to do some serious soul-searching about that. But later. Much later. Right now, she was going to focus on Anders and how he was feeling.

"I'm sorry you had to do that." She was going to assume it was in justified self-defense, at least for now. "I wish I knew what to say to help make you feel better. All I have to offer are hugs. And a promise that I'm not going anywhere, at least until you're ready for me to go."