Oh, she cares, sure. She cares about being the big hero and in control of everything. Hope saves the day. Hope kills the monster.

[She toys with the edge of the truth she could tell him, of the real cost of what his daughter with a martyr complex has done to herself, but part of her also wants to twist it a little bit.

Just for fun.]

You know, I never really figured out if it was because she just likes being in control all the time or if her martyr complex came from being so desperate to prove she wasn't you. Then again she also did some really shady magic, so maybe it's fifty-fifty.