[She curls in a little closer, but all the while, she's trying to will herself to pull away. She shouldn't be relying so much on him, on anyone, when she's the one trying and failing to do anything for the rest of them. All she can seem to do is care about them... and it seems some of them don't even want that.

She's not sure if Mephisto wants it, either.]

Well, he had a crush on me, so you're right about one thing.

[It's a joke! Probably! Christine giggles a bit, but shrinks in tighter on herself.]

It... just doesn't make sense to me. If he did so much to get near me, you'd... you'd think he wouldn't push me away.