The silence stretched on. Typically it was something that Emer could deal with though right now with the attention focussed upon her and her sorry state the girl would have preferred there to be a different topic upon the table. That being said she had no words and nothing to pull her out of these feelings and the silence continued growing and surely becoming more painful and strained as it stretched on. The regret still wouldn't hit her yet, too caught up in her own emotions for the moment though she would surely feel guilty later for not finding a way to break this silence.
At last Valerius would find a way to break it, his kind words hitting her hard. She had swiftly accepted the help of Jinxx knowing that she had no hope of surviving otherwise and now she had all of Valhalla around her to help, something that they had made clear in their respect of her space and offerings of meals. Now she was on the road to recovery, as doubtful as it may have seemed looking at her now, this offer somehow seemed like a much bigger deal. Perhaps it was because she already had protection from the pack as a whole, maybe because she simply hadn't wanted to break down like this in front of any of them but mostly for that guilt was starting to sink in.
As she glanced to him once more, Emer could begin to see the sympathy and new weight that Valerius was starting to carry, she couldn't burden him anymore though it was rather too late to change that. The offer was wonderful, such care was after all what the defenceless woman currently needed and would likely need once the pups finally arrived and yet she couldn't bring herself to accept all the same. Although he'd been the one to offer she couldn't ask that much of him.
"It's not your fault." Her voice, though hardly loud to begin with was quieter now and her expression, still pained though clearly grateful for the offer would lift to look at him again. "The pack needs you, some are already helping." There was no guard but then she wasn't sure how she really felt about such a thing, her den was her sanctuary after all and to have another so close to it felt so strange given that she barely knew anyone. The idea of it being Valerius to keep watch was slightly more comforting though, although she didn't quite understand why given that she didn't really know him either. Perhaps it was simply this moment, her so weak and fragile and this compassionate man doing all he could to help her. "Thank you."
