She nods, taking that in, and more time to breathe soothes her mind. Her hand is still there, she's not retracting it, but she stays where she is while she finds all her words again.

"...if you're doing something that I don't like, I'll tell you. And vice versa - if I do something you don't like or want, tell me, so I can avoid it. Would that make it a bit easier?"

She already makes sure around it that she never says anything that implies that personhood equals humanity, and lets it decide how close it wants to sit.

"I want you to feel like you can worry less around me."