"Fine," she said between clenched teeth. She was tempted to take the shirt she wore off to show his own marks to the world, but she couldn't bring herself to do something so childish. "How about you put it on, but don't zip it up. Then, we can go somewhere until this...whatever it is....is over with?"

Yes, reasonable was the way to go. Otherwise, she'd start crying again and that wasn't going to help anything.