[ Carolina doesn't know what she expected, but this seems to be falling soundly into "not an ambush" territory. She'll take it. She'll also eye the clicker with steady wariness, but it doesn't make her shift. That was expected, regardless. ]

I'm sorry about your wife.

[ And she actually is. Her own father was destroyed by such a loss. At least he still seems to care for his surviving family, which is more than Carolina could say for Leonard Church. ]

I don't know how much you know about me, Washburn, but let me tell you something important that took me a very long time to learn.

[ No combativeness. Her temper has had some time to cool, and more context is pouring in. She's starting to think she might understand. ]

The people who matter in your life, really matter, do not want you to be a disposable monster for them.