[ Awkward hits the nail on the head. Yoimiya almost wishes she didn't tell Ajax because she feels so bad for him. If the positions were reversed, she'd want to bury her head into a hole and die of embarrassment.

This shifting thing is getting complicated very fast. Tartaglia isn't the only one with a sudden change in mood. Despite that she watched a man literally get eaten alive, she still would have been willing to drop everything to mate with him, and that thought alone is enough to terrify her. She doesn't want to think about what might happen if she truly loses control of herself and her desires. ]

Hey, like I said, there's no need for you to apologize. This really isn't your fault, Tartalgia. I know you're normally not like this.

[ Her small hand gives him a gentle squeeze in a bid for reassurance. It breaks her heart to see him feel terrible over an issue that he can't control, she truly doesn't believe any of this to be his fault at all. ]

Besides, it wasn't just you. Even after... [ a beat ] what happened, I still felt that desire to... [ Archons, help. She's lost count at the number of pauses. ] well, y'know. You're not making me uncomfortable at all. Something about your scent just keeps pulling me toward you. So, I'm sorry as well.