[Once Lapis speaks, she is quiet again - waiting for his answer, not pushing just yet. There's clearly something wrong, and he's right that she would pursue him until she found out.

So when he does speak, she listens intently - brows furrowing at first, that does explain somethings, if the person who raised him was like that.

But this isn't time to extend judgement over someone she's only just heard of, and instead quietly humming in response, before glancing down to where her hands are clasped in her lap.]

I'm just... stubborn, I think. I'll always believe things will get better. And I've seen proof of that too, which only makes me believe it even more.

[Her eyes focus on him once more, smiling softly for a moment.]

Like that time we met on the ship. It was a bad situation, but it also meant I met you. It's things like that, that give me hope.