"Mmm. That's sweet of you. And no offense taken. I guess that's not the sort of company I want."

She always had her tutor by her side, ever since she was a girl. Someone who was devoted to her, and to whom she was free to be devoted to in turn without fear of abandonment. She's sufficiently self-aware that she can recognize that the dynamic probably stunted her emotional growth. Still.

"Besides. Otherwise you'd still be back there. Bought for god knows what."