You did the right thing. The General was obsessed with you. You couldn't have stayed.

[That time doesn't feel all that long ago, and she hugs him, more to just feel him there than to, uh, immobilize him this time.]

And then I don't blame you for staying away. [Or if she does, she knows it's irrational, which means it doesn't count.] Not after last time. Not after... and then you were alone again. [Even without the details there, her lips twitch down and she buries her face in his neck so her voice comes out muffled.] I'm glad you decided I was worth the risk. Or you were.

[She definitely believes that that's how it went down. Sure.]