She can feel thickness rising in her throat when she catches that look in his eye... but he's already turning around.

So she takes a step back.

"... I'll... see you later, then."

Because no matter what horrors she's grown used to facing... she can't walk down a hallway where Claudia's face is peering dolefully out of the walls at her, mouth shaking and pale eyes brimming with anguished tears.