[While Frieda is likewise relieved, she wants to make it clear to Falin that she doesn't hold it against her. Rubbing her shoulder, she assures her:]

These trials are hard on most people. They pry on our uncertainties, on us not fully knowing ourselves.

[After a moment of hesitation, she offers:]

Would you like me to stay with you? You know your history and feelings far better than I do, but if you'd like to have me as your sounding board..!

[She'd have loved to say" If any of them says something bad about you, I'll tell you otherwise!", but as someone harbouring such dark thoughts and feelings, she can't be presumptuous about others, no matter how kind and benevolent they seem to her.]