[ A thoughtful hum there as she considers it. ]

To be honest, for my own reasons I was trying to get her to trust me at the time. I needed her help with a mission I was running, and it worked in my favor to have her like me. It made sense to fix up her old gun as a way to earn her trust, because it was important to her and easy for me to do.

[ She finally smiles, but it's a sad smile. ]

So even though I never imagined that things would end the way they did, I don't want to let myself off that easy either. It wasn't like I was doing things with pure intentions.