" You're not actually falling for him, are you?" he asks her one day, on one of the rare occasions he can get her alone." I'll pretend you didn't just ask that," she tells him in disgust. But Connor has reasons to wonder." On that first night here, he offered you his blanket, and you accepted it," he points out." Only because I knew it would make him cold." " And when he offers you his food, you take it." " Because it means he goes hungry." It's coolly logical. Connor finds it amazing that she can put her emotions aside and be as calculating as Roland, beating him at his own game. Another reason for Connor to admire her. "