[She doesn't like quantifying her needs. Being helped. That's - a doctor-patient thing, and to be asked in a personal context makes her feel obtrusive and needy and self-conscious. It's like taking an insult - but the fact that she feels that way isn't Haru's fault - and this is the spiral that always shuts her up.
Erika's face turns red. She nods swiftly, choppily, without looking at Haru.]
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Erika's face turns red. She nods swiftly, choppily, without looking at Haru.]