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*wry smile* I know they have trust issues, which is why that was the focus of the arc. Of letting the friend in.
Eve lashes out at the suggestion it isn't her fault - she is not articulating it as anger, just a visceral reaction that her friend has no clue that in no way no how could it not be her fault. It is her fault (in her mind) and nothing will convince her otherwise. It should have been her, she should have tried harder. The friend is trying to be supportive. I have been reading on stressors and triggers, and this one could go either way - perhaps it is more of a stressor - she's just opened up about her experience and so her stress cup is pretty full. By the same token, her friend saying it's not her fault sets her right back in the emotion of the moment, she is angry that she didn't get back in time to save him. That she was prevented from getting back. It is a trigger because she thinks she has opened up to this person who has totally not heard a thing she said (neglecting to realise that she left parts of the story out when telling her friend and so the friend doesn't actually know all the details of why Eve feels guilt and anger).
I don't think she has dissociated, but she had compartmentalised - she thinks about it all the time, but thinks if she says nothing it will all be ok. This is the first moment she breaks those compartments.
