“I’m making you my problem, dearest. You and I are more alike than you think, you know. Nobody ever looked out for me either. This is the first place I’ve ever felt sheltered. This is the first place I’ve ever had space to be exactly what I am. It could be that for you, too, but I suspect you’re determined not to let it. I, however,” she went on, “am much harder to keep at a distance, so I will stick my nose in, and I will interfere, and I will look out for you.”
