But that would ultimately have to depend on the person who will be shouldering the "burden", yes? And since I don't think of you as any sort of burden -- quite the opposite, in fact -- I do believe you needn't fret over that as much as you do.

[She smiles gently] Though we may not have known each other for very long, you're still a friend of mine. Someone that I care about would never be a burden to me.