"You're allowed to feel things, Brina. You both are. But the problem with that is, sometimes your feelings are going to get in the way of each other. That's...kind of what living with another person is, I guess." He thinks about his mom when he says it; she either wore her feelings close to the surface or it was like there was no-one home at all. "And I don't think you ruined anything. I think you both just need some time to breathe."