I know, but you can't--the problem is, he can. And she wants him to. He just shouldn't, since it would pretty much end in disaster. Maybe if she were thinking more clearly--thinking at all--she'd have said something more diplomatic. But she didn't, so now what?

Now, she's busy trying to keep her breathing under control. She's mostly succeeding.

"It's not exactly a lot, but I get by."

She hasn't moved away from him, though. That's the next step. Hopefully.