She can see that, and it's lighting up warning bells in her head, that she should move, stop this, leave. Just generally get out of the vicinity of Jasper. Naturally she doesn't. If Jasper did strike out at her, she can't say she wouldn't deserve it. Not for this, but for what she'd done before. Still, the question actually gives her pause, and she does think about it before she answers.

"Because sometimes bad luck is just bad luck. Not everything is a punishment."