And again against the rock, more her back than her head this time. She groaned, and slumped against the cave wall, then opened her eyes to regard him.

"No," she stated. "I'm not."

She coughed a little, shivered, the cave still drafty, damp and cold from the storm outside.

"If I'm n-nothing to you now, then l-leave. Go find your own way off this d-dead rock. I'll not stay just as your toy... your means to an end."