Frustration was welling up, especially when he put his hand on her shoulder. She backed away... nay, stumbled back as if burned. A chair toppled over and nearly her with it. "Y-you d-don't understa-ha-and," she sobbed and turned away from him. "Y-you mustn't worry about me. I'm insignificant now, nothing." And then she whirled around, "Y-you have to leave it be. Y-you just h-have to. H-he'll surely fire me n-now if y-you d-don't leave it b-be. And th-ehen I will have n-nothing l-left. N-nothing. P-please? I l-lost everything already." Shit, that slipped out. And then another. "I'll h-have no-nobody. I already l-lost everything and everyone I ever knew."