( her grip on the hand holding hers tightens, just perceptibly. )

That's the only reason I'm prepared to go through with that, I hope you know. ( wryly. ) I know all of the other reasons why it's good, why it should happen, why it could be beneficial—

I could argue against them. I could even make good points. But I want that, too.

( make everyone acknowledge what is hers, and hers to keep, and live openly with that acknowledgment. )