Cherish. She's glad Erin is lying on her bed and can't see the way Helena turns her head away so that she can smile a little to herself. Instead, she knows there's a question there, one she might try to answer.

"...That's not it. It's more that worse things need to be handled first - they're greater priority. I know not to be selfish when someone else is hurting, when something bad has happened. My conscience simply wouldn't allow it. I can hold on, and wait for the worse things to clear. I have the patience, but the things that hurt...they don't wait."