That's the wrong question. The right question is something more like, 'what should she do to him?' If they're testing her self-control, if that is the experiment, then what is the hypothesis? Either they think she'll march right back to her room like a good girl, or they think she'll attack him. She doesn't want to attack him, but she can't just think about what she wants - or what he wants. She has to think about what's best for everyone.

It might be best for everyone if she could prove to her observers that the threat is very real, and very serious.

Melanie shifts up onto the balls of her feet and fists her hands, tense and unhappy. Why can't they just believe her without testing her against this nice man who sounds like home? It's not fair. It's wrong. her little face screws up into a tormented expression, and she cries, "I'll fucking dismantle you! You have to go!"