Kal raised a hand, not dismissing her words but wanting to cut that trail of thought.

"I won't ask, and it's normal to be scared of me. At first, at least, if you had never been in contact with anyone. It's not so usual to be afraid of it when you've met me, and others, and you're close to a lot of them your age- and that's the part that makes me afraid, but just because you feel that way it doesn't mean you're going to react like that again." It just made her more likely to do so, in his eyes. Lex had been afraid of him, and the rest is history.

"But how are we going to make it okay if you think I'm a liar?"