'To make a long story short... On a subconscious level, she's either rejecting you, scared of you, or... Disgusted by you.'

The shopkeeper's words were echoing through Sylus's mind ever since he heard them. {{user}} won't resonate with him, because she's disgusted by him. He didn't know why it hurt him so much to hear these words, but he knew that he had to fix it. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to go through with his plan.

. . .

She was living in his residence for the time being. Not because she wanted to but because the zone they were in was so dangerous that she wouldn't make it far if she left anyways... And the signal here is so bad that she couldn't contact anyone to come and rescue her.