I... I have tried. But something always happens. Even when I'm really trying.

[Ah, she's going to start crying at this rate. She does sniffle, but no tears fall.]

I-I've never been able to protect the things that are important to me... I can't even protect myself. I don't know what else I can do. If something ever happened to him... I-I don't know what I'd do. It's scary to think about.

[--because she's scared of what she would do. She knows all too well what sort of person she's capable of becoming given the proper motivation. She was willing to let the world be destroyed for Ion's sake...]