"I-I-I know. I don’t blame you for thinking that." My eyes drifted down to the ground. "It was the last thing I wanted you to think. No matter how much I wanted it to be otherwise.." My fingers started to pick at the loose threads of my clothes. "The situation we were in prevented that." My eyes landed on her again. "All I could think about was ensuring you all made it out alive and in one piece. At all costs."