Sounds like a deflection to me, but...yeah. Only so much dwelling on high stakes shite a gal can take afore she's ready to snap.

[And it hurts...it hurts so deep down, it can only be the pain of her soul cracking under the pressure of the Light. But like hells she's going to tell him that, not when his entire willingness to parlay hinges on the possibility that she might have the fortitude to pull this off.]