[Hayley's gaze fell to watch his hands on her arms. She didn't resist the movements, elbows relaxing outward with his encouragement. With his hands on her neck, she looked up again and gave him a small smile before moving her own hands to rest on his forearms instead.]

No one said anything. [She replied softly, her smile falling away to a frown again. With a small pout, she tugged gently down on his elbows, trying to bend them more in order to bring her closer to him as before. Her hands didn't move from his arms as her eyes dropped to his chest.] Okay, someone may have implied I'm going to grow up to be a monster no matter what I do because I'm already too far gone, but I don't believe them.

[There was something in her tone, the way her voice caught for a split second, that suggested it was something she was desperately trying not to believe, rather than something she knew she didn't. It was strange admitting to it aloud. She had told Kon of her fears of being a villain already, but not what had inspired them or the idea that she was too broken to ever fix.]