[Lying isn't an option. The gentle look is piercing in its own right and it doesn't matter how much she tries to hide her anxious expression-Shiro's going to know.]

I don't want to be, but my heart-when I see this kind of thing, it beats really fast.

[She's not sure if dogs are afraid of anything. This one is brave. The others in her world were fearless in the worst possible way, so she raises a hand to her chest and pats against it, to show the quick way her heart's beating. And it's not because she didn't take her medicine. This is fear.]

Like that. And I get scared.