"Of course I was!" She puts her hands on her hips and then winces, shaking them a bit as she stomps her foot instead. "I wanted you to do it!"

It's easier to be irritated than to admit her own insecurities, and that isn't the only reason anyway. She thought that maybe he needed the space after all he's been through, that maybe she would be underfoot too much.

"I wasn't testing you," she huffs out, taking a guess at deciphering the confused indignation in his expression. Her shoulders slump and she stares down at her hand, frowning as she digs a small piece of rock from her palm with the edge of her thumbnail. "I just wanted you to want me there. I was willing to wait for that to happen."