His eyes softened. And his tensed muscles came loose in the presence of her grief.
"Tiffany. . ." he called softly, sliding his feet across the lush brown carpet; "It's Nexus. . .I'm here alone. . .you don't need to–"
"Don't!" she shrieked; "Don't come any closer!!"
The folds on Nexus' forehead collapsed- looking at her in sadness. He answered quietly;
"I'm here to help. I'm not gonna gonna hurt you Tiff."
From her mascara-drawn eyes, trickles of tears rolled down her cheeks;
"Hurt me?" her grief-stricken voice cackled; "I'm a monster. You're gonna get killed Nexus. Please, don't come any closer. . ." her voice broke as she begged; "I don't want to kill you. . ."
He held his hands up; "You're not going to kill me."
With a jiggle of her hair, she shook her head sadly; "You don't know that."
"But I do,"
