Glimmer releases Ellie as she notices the flinch, steps back. Awkwardly she sits on the edge of her bed and gestures for Ellie to do the same if she wants, hands folded in her lap. Glimmer can feel a spark of anger in her, but there's so much she worries about risking if she does let it loose at Ellie.

It's there, though, a spark waiting for fuel.

"I get why, Ellie," she says. It's blunt, but sympathetic.

"I think Abby has a pretty good reason not to want to see you right now. And..." She struggles for a moment, trying to find the right words. If Bow were here he'd know what to say. He was always better at this than her.

"...and I think if you're upset by that, that's also, like... understandable." She says, not quite sure if she's landed on what she wanted to say. It'll have to do.