With great power, comes great responsibility.

"I'd lie for you," Meredith says, head tipping to the side, "but it would be a lie. I know what you mean, though. I'm grateful, I just... wish people would believe me when I say I'm fine. Or that I didn't feel bad for putting him through that, like I'm not the one that got hurt." It was her own fault, though, she knows that. Defensive though she was to begin with, the further she gets from it, the more certain she is she could have avoided all this if she'd really wanted to.