[ She shifts away from him, sharp and quick. Pulling into herself, like untangling something to keep it all together. A winding thread that wraps and wraps and wraps and maybe if that were enough it would be easier. Bind herself together where nothing get in between the cracks and she could wrap up memories that - Washington had just stood there to see. ]

Nothing that will effect my duties with him. Whatever else it might be is a matter between the two of us, and should not concern anyone else.