"No, no," Sabine lifted a hand halfway through Peiter's reply to clarify, "He did not take advantage of me. He did not know and I did not know what would happen. It just...turned out badly."

Peiter's promise, however much he stumbled over his words, did cause Sabine to turned her teary eyes towards him. "You promise you will not hurt me?" she asked, "You will not mind if I'm not ready? If it...does not work, you will not get angry?"