[ She takes a few steps away from the wheezing man, unconcerned, her attention on studying Klaus. ]

What baffles me is-- see, you clearly get it, on some level. You know your friends don't really care about you. You know everyone's inherently selfish and only out for themselves. That caring about them is only going to bring you more pain. So why keep riding that-- what was it you called it? Cycle?

When you could just... step off.