Uh...no, I can't. [The unabashed awe on his face warms her a little as she smiles sheepishly.] It's the pain...werewolves can ease suffering by taking away the pain of others, but it's only temporary. It'll come back eventually.

[She's openly, genuinely apologetic in both tone and expression as she watches his face.] But I can always take it again...taking it doesn't hurt me at all. [Her bright expression dims just a touch when she thinks of Yukimura on her own ship...how she's never far when someone's in pain, and never far from Allison because she can't bear to see another living being suffer...

Taking a deep breath, she refocuses on Derek, her smile returning full force as she dismisses it with a little shrug.]

It's no big deal. I just thought it would help.