"Maybe so—but he didn't slice up Keefe for respect," Sophie argued. "He wanted to hurt him—and he enjoyed it."

"Hey," Keefe said, grabbing her arm as she paced past him. "Need me to calm you down again? Because I can."

"Is that really what happened?" Sophie asked, remembering the blue breeze that blew through her mind and shut down her inflicting."

Keefe nodded. "You were losing it, so I tried to figure out which emotion was doing the triggering. And as soon as I took your gloves and cuffs off, I synced right into your emotional center. Somehow once I was in, I knew exactly how to shift your emotions a different way."

—Shannon Messenger-Nightfall-page 346

I like this bc Sophie's so upset that Keefe was hurt and stuff and also that Keefe got into her emotional center, and knew exactly what to do—I just think that's adorable and it makes me want to slap Sophie for being so oblivious