Kire felt her headache flare up along with her temper. While his words weren’t entirely inaccurate, they rankled at her. “I mean—I did miss [i]that[/i],” she said, frowning, “and I told you it was stupid. But do you honestly think my last thoughts before a doll and a portal exploded in my face would be about just fucking you? Gods,” she sighed, her voice going small, feeling a little panicky, “you’re really going to make me say it.” She fumbled for the words in her mind before she spoke again. “I…do care about you, you know. Somehow. It’s not like you’re just a talking dick on two legs to me—well, you [i]are[/i] a bit of a dick—you know what I mean.” She blew out air noisily. “I can’t help how I feel.”