[At a different time in this same place, with this same man talking to her in the same way, Abigail would be suspicious. She will, in fact, be suspicious later. Will assume the worst. Men who manipulate their words and posture to gain her trust are not to be trusted.]

[This is both a double standard and not. She manipulates her words and posture to gain trust. But then, she's also been hurt enough times by comforting men who lie that she wouldn't care about double standards even if she could see them.]

[This is her right.]

[For now, she's imbued with something along the lines of inability to mistrust - which could be dangerous in the long run, but in the long run she'll realize what's happening and retreat to her room. Instead of which, she just purses her lips at Nathan and nods demurely.]

Then I am in charge.

Did you volunteer or just sort of get stuck with it? [A pause, and then, low and conspiratorially:] You can say you got stuck with it if you did, you know. I'm not really a fan of art therapy if you want the truth.