Ashelynne looked at the girl pacing back and forth in front of the bed, her shadow being cast against her every time she passed between her and the television, before once more turning on heel on the carpet and walking back. She continued to watch as she paced, the mark on her face from her self-inflicted attack reddening as she went. She didn't understand exactly what she had meant, her first language not being English. Joanna turned about once more, before finally being stopped by her wrist from Ashelynne.
"Are you alright?" she asked looking at the girl with concern on her face. She pulled herself out of the bed using Joanna's wrist as leverage, before coming to rest almost eye to eye with the girl, eye to eye really being eye to chin as she looked down to the smaller girl. "I know we haven't known each-other long, but I know what it is like to feel isolated and alone. If you need to talk to me, please talk to me." She placed a hand on the chin of the girl, turning her head lightly so that her jaw was visible to her. "Oh, that's no good, you could hurt yourself like that, then what would Max say, hmm?" she said. She leaned in close, giving her a bit of a kiss on the jawline, before pulling away and smiling her eyes half drawn in a smile. "There, much better. So can we talk?"