[ 'You don't want me to' is the first thing that pops into her head. ]

I can, for a little bit.

[ Which isn't necessarily to say that she will for a while. It's a nice set up. Staying here, with these people, would be easier but... Complacency follows comfort and that's how things always went wrong before. This place might be different -- or so she wants to tell herself -- but that's easier said than believed. ]

I don't wanna' throw off the groove of what you all got going on here or anything by sticking around too long. [ Which is a piss poor excuse and she knows it. Excuses are simpler than the truth though. ] I just don't feel right getting something for nothing is all.