She heard him, really, she did. That she didn't understand quite what he was saying wasn't his fault. Sakura was too focused on maintaining herself as a separate, contained, nonphysical presence to pay proper attention to what he was saying, focusing on the feelings more easily than the words. She was a far more emotional person than she wanted credit for being, finding it a liability in her profession.

Wants had little to do with the reality.

When the demorphing started, her emotions started getting out of hand, responding to the physical almost-sensations with a disorienting burst of adrenaline-fueled fear.

She would have apologized for having that effect on his adrenal gland, but she wasn't doing this intentionally. Again. Wrong!