[shakes her head slightly like she's about to rear up and say something along the lines of 'no i dont care' stops, swallows back. itches at her temple a bit]

I know, I mean I figured. [smiles a little. trying to shrug it off like 'of course, duh' but one of those masking smiles that gets a little creaky. pushes herself away from the counter again because what else is she going to do there, and starts forcing herself away step by step.]

You know I hardly know a thing about you, but I feel like I know you so well. And even though I know what's missing, it's still so shocking that it...hurts this bad. That I can't make you happy. I don't want to be a ghost anymore, all I want to do is make it all better but I can't..can I?