Raven and I unloaded a lot of information on you when you first got here. I figured I'd give you time to process it all.

[ It's an excuse which he hopes she'll see as a reasonable explanation for not keeping her in his sight at all times like he normally would, to protect her. ]

Do you think I'd be okay with being stuck here half a year? [ He has a feeling that's not what she's really asking him though, that her question lies deeper than that. ] I'm doing what it takes to survive here... You need to think about doing the same.