“You’ll slow me down,” Ada says. Her eyes are sharp, expression far too calm despite the ache in her chest. “I don’t have time for you.”

She has a mission to complete; you’re getting in her way. It doesn’t matter that you’re her soulmate, she feels your souls intertwined with every breath she takes. Ada has to focus, but she can’t. She never can when you’re there. If she doesn’t push you away now, she’ll never be able to.