[There's a hitch in her breath now, too, but she's determined to be honest, whatever the cost. It's why she doesn't shy away from expressing the feeling that made her breath stutter; she has, perhaps, always had an easier time of committing to her emotions in that fashion than he has.

She laughs a little, and it's nervous, vulnerable.]

That feels like you're sending me away.

[He's not, but they're no less her feelings whether they're irrational or not.]

I would be gone for more than just fifteen minutes, and not a moment more, if I were to go find them.