Despite the fact that he has a natural tendency to hesitate when he speaks, the fact that he'd holding back is not lost on her. She frowns. "No, it wasn't." She pauses, taking a moment to come up with the right words before continuing. "You were upset by something before, are still upset by it now. Don't bother denying it - the way you sit, that look in your eyes, they tell me I'm right. What is it?"

It's unusual for her to be so pushy about a topic like this when she's speaking to someone she's still getting to know, but circumstances aren't what they usually are. She's in the Nexus now, for whatever reason, and she's promised to protect him. It's best if there aren't any secrets between them.