He couldn't say he didn't understand it. He definitely understood it, and that was why he gave her one last sad look before he ran, one that said a million things at once, but mostly "I'm sorry."

But he ran because he knew she was serious and tried to ignore the noises that came after.

Later when he had set up a trap with the coil of metal wire he'd gotten and the spikes of wood, he tried not to think about the despair in those words.

'I was done for a long time ago.'