The look he had just given her was something that made her chest clench around itself, and while she breathed it away, she said, "I don't think it matters if you can't not be like that. It matters if you can control it. Direct it at the right people. I think you can already do that."

She'd never worried about Niko's violence, not towards her or anything or anyone either of them cared about; she hadn't realised he'd worried about...

She twisted to face Niko again. "I just want to make sure - you know I'm not- I wouldn't do anything to you, right? You haven't been worrying about that?"