Devika sighed faintly, her smile fading. Nothing Roxy said was wrong. She just didn't want to think that way. "Like I said, we'll only get better if we practice. And I want to get better." Quickly, too. She was going to feel like an interruption for a long time, and so the sooner they got their connection right, the better. That way she could give Roxy the distance she seemed to want. 

"Let's try another person. If it doesn't pan out, I'll give you some kind of signal, and I'll just leave for a bit. How does that sound?" She wasn't smiling this time, and her voice had lost some of the joy. It was hard being so matter-of-fact, but she could tell the situation sort of called for it.