"Me blowing up my cottage wasn't about Peter, and I didn't decide to go after Number 2 until after he tried to blame someone innocent for it. As for me not letting you into my cottage on the first day, it brought up painful memories that caught me off guard. Memories I wasn't ready to share with you. You've just made a bunch of assumptions over my motives and feelings without even asking me about them. Yes, I was upset that Number 2 got to me so quickly. Yes, I was upset that you got hurt and didn't express that in the right way. Then I was upset by how you reacted when I tried to help. Then you acted with violence."

Even if breaking a broom wasn't explicitly violence against her, it was still unnecessary and aggressive.

"I don't know how much of that was you and how much was Number 2's influence, but I felt it was best to stay away, if nothing else than to protect you, which backfired spectacularly I might add."

She still doesn't quite understand why he hasn't accepted her apologies or that she feels guilty over what happened to him, but it hurts, like something cutting into her chest.

"And you haven't answered my question, so I will rephrase. What would you have preferred I done when Number 2 tried to take both Steve and I away?"