Grace... was genuinely surprised when she heard those words. She hadn't expected him to give her an answer like that.
And, honestly, his answer surprised her more than she cared to admit.
For someone like her, who had never concerned herself with mundane emotions or the trivial attachments of others, she found herself strangely affected by what he had said.
She had expected him to come up with some lame excuse, perhaps something meaningless that would allow him to avoid admitting the real reason.
She had never expected him to say those words so plainly.
'So... the reason he didn't let me out was because he thought I would abandon him? Huh...'
The thought caught her off guard, and a faintly impressed expression appeared on her face.
