I kind of feel like a complete JA for not thinking about the various angle.

Not 100% sure where fear would come from on the other side; maybe the unknown, maybe my broadcast lack of empathy. Isn’t really even a full unknown. Maybe from me previously giving some butt chewings to their office.

I will have to give her time and space. Learning by a painful experience is annoying though. Just hope that she hasn’t had to experience the same level of pain. I also hope that wherever her life’s journey takes her, she finds whatever happiness she is seeking.