[ She meets that gaze as steadily as she can, firm and sure because even a hint of uncertainty now would be fatal, and because she is sure. It might not work for him - everyone's mind is different, reacts to things in different ways - but at the moment it's the best shot she knows of and it's worked before. ]

Yes.

[ Whether to elaborate or not - she hesitates, considers how to put it. There's specifics she doesn't enjoy going into and doesn't think would be helpful, but some more clarification would be good. She can guess what he's doing right now, and she wants to pull him out of that. ] There were things I couldn't look at and I need to be able to, so. It wasn't fun and it wasn't easy, but it was worth it in the end.