[When he takes her hand she stops, and turns to face him. Mello had been the furthest thing from her mind until he'd brought it up, but she didn't mind that he had]

It's not your fault; you couldn't have predicted how he would act. I don't blame you for anything, and therefore you shouldn't be pulling that face

[She says this with a smile as she reaches out and tilts his face back up]

Besides, it looks as if in this place, we'll have to be there for each other; who knows what the Author still has in mind.