She frowns at once, shaking her head as her fingers tighten around his almost protectively.

"You've been telling me from the beginning that you needed me to give you more than I have been, but I've been refusing to be open with you." She tells him, voice firm despite how tenuous her grip on her emotions seems to be at the moment. She sounds sure, positive that her truth is the one that's correct, and it will take far more than 9S is capable of to change her mind. "You can't be blamed for what I've held back."

How much pain has she put him through here? Her selfish desire to keep things from changing means they've only gotten worse and the only one here that can be blamed is her.