[Pearl can feel that fear, and it's so uncomfortable to be sensing someone else's emotions like this - technically uninvited to do so.]

I-

[She doesn't know what to say. She hardly knows Lapis, really, but the history that's there isn't good. The only thing to do, clearly, is ignore this sensation.]

Yes, certainly safe. And you make a good point - this is the same sort of thing I'd be doing back home, more or less.